linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/4] scatterlist: new helper functions

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Message-Id: <20110318095916U.fujita.tomonori@lab.ntt.co.jp>
Date:	Fri, 18 Mar 2011 09:59:39 +0900
From:	FUJITA Tomonori <fujita.tomonori@....ntt.co.jp>
To:	oakad@...oo.com
Cc:	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, fujita.tomonori@....ntt.co.jp,
	maximlevitsky@...il.com, James.Bottomley@...senPartnership.com,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/4] scatterlist: new helper functions

On Wed, 16 Mar 2011 23:41:13 -0700 (PDT)
Alex Dubov <oakad@...oo.com> wrote:

> Considering the comments from Fujita and James, I suppose it will be best
> for now to fold the new sg functions into the memstick patch and
> investigate how the block layer functionality can be used to a greater
> utility at some later time.

I suspect that such 'some later time' never come (especially for old
hardware). So I would prefer to merge the properly designed driver
rather than the current hacky driver.
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