linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 00/25] Staging: hv: Cleanup vmbus driver code

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Date:	Sun, 1 May 2011 11:40:41 -0400
From:	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
To:	Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>
Cc:	KY Srinivasan <kys@...rosoft.com>,
	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>,
	"gregkh@...e.de" <gregkh@...e.de>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"devel@...uxdriverproject.org" <devel@...uxdriverproject.org>,
	"virtualization@...ts.osdl.org" <virtualization@...ts.osdl.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 00/25] Staging: hv: Cleanup vmbus driver code

On Fri, Apr 29, 2011 at 09:40:25AM -0700, Greg KH wrote:
> Are you sure the libata core can't see this ide controller and connect
> to it?  That way you would use the scsi system if you do that and you
> would need a much smaller ide driver, perhaps being able to merge it
> with your scsi driver.
> 
> We really don't want to write new IDE drivers anymore that don't use
> libata.

The blkvsc driver isn't an IDE driver, although it currently claims
the old IDE drivers major numbers, which is a no-no and can't work
in most usual setups.  I'm pretty sure I already complained about
this in a previous review round.

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