linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH]: Fix Ultrastor asm snippet

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Date:	Tue, 24 May 2011 13:28:44 -0400
From:	James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@...senPartnership.com>
To:	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>
Cc:	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>,
	Samuel Thibault <samuel.thibault@...-lyon.org>,
	James.Bottomley@...e.de, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org, akpm@...ux-foundation.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH]: Fix Ultrastor asm snippet

On Fri, 2011-05-20 at 14:24 +0100, Alan Cox wrote:
> On Fri, 20 May 2011 09:02:15 -0400
> Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org> wrote:
> 
> > On Wed, May 18, 2011 at 05:06:05PM +0200, Samuel Thibault wrote:
> > > Commit 1292500b replaced
> > > 
> > > "=m" (*field) : "1" (*field)
> > > 
> > > with
> > > 
> > > "=m" (*field) :
> > > 
> > > with comment "The following patch fixes it by using the '+' operator on
> > > the (*field) operand, marking it as read-write to gcc."
> > > '+' was actually forgotten.  This really puts it.
> > 
> > Do you actually have the hardware or was this just a code audit?
> > 
> > I have the strong suspicion that this driver is pretty much dead and
> > bitrotting.
> 
> There are a pile of scsi drivers like the Ultrastor that probably want
> retiring via staging.

OK, can someone work out how we do this and then send the patch (I
assume it's just an update in the deprecated features and a move to
staging?)

> I can believe an AHA152x or two lurk around,

Yes, got one ... and occasionally even test with it.

>  and the odd NCR53c80 and
> clones because they were so voluminous but the rest I doubt somewhat.

James


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