linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] [USB] UASP: USB Attached SCSI (UAS) protocol driver

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Date:	Wed, 8 Dec 2010 18:26:44 -0800
From:	Matthew Dharm <mdharm-kernel@...-eyed-alien.net>
To:	Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>
Cc:	Luben Tuikov <ltuikov@...oo.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-usb@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] [USB] UASP: USB Attached SCSI (UAS) protocol driver

On Wed, Dec 08, 2010 at 05:52:04PM -0800, Greg KH wrote:
> I'm not saying that the in-kernel driver is perfect at all, and it's
> author is getting annoying by refusing to answer my emails, but still,
> please work with him to get the in-kernel driver to work up to your
> needs.
> 
> If you have problems with the maintainer, please let me know and I'll
> see what I can do.
> 
> But again, this driver is not acceptable as-is, sorry.

Greg, I completely appreciate your position on this.  I would just like to
add one thought for your consideration:  If, in fact, Luben's driver is
somehow "better", it would be a shame to penalize users with a
lower-quality driver because they got to the submission first.

Now, for that to apply, several things would have to be true.  I do not
know if they are true here, and I leave it to your discression to
determine.  But, your stated problems getting hold of the maintainer make
me wonder....

That said, unless the current driver is really bad, and Luben's is
tremendously better, it seems to make more sense for everyone to focus on
improving the in-kernel driver, even if that means slowly re-writing it
over time.  Lord knows that is basically what I did with the usb-storage
driver...

Matt

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