linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] scsi: qedi: select UIO

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Message-ID: <yq137gqs0cd.fsf@oracle.com>
Date:   Tue, 10 Jan 2017 23:10:42 -0500
From:   "Martin K. Petersen" <martin.petersen@...cle.com>
To:     "Ewan D. Milne" <emilne@...hat.com>
Cc:     Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
        "James E.J. Bottomley" <jejb@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
        "Martin K. Petersen" <martin.petersen@...cle.com>,
        QLogic-Storage-Upstream@...ium.com,
        Johannes Thumshirn <jthumshirn@...e.de>,
        Nilesh Javali <nilesh.javali@...ium.com>,
        Adheer Chandravanshi <adheer.chandravanshi@...gic.com>,
        Manish Rangankar <manish.rangankar@...ium.com>,
        linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] scsi: qedi: select UIO

>>>>> "Ewan" == Ewan D Milne <emilne@...hat.com> writes:

Ewan> Randy posted a similar patch back in December but I don't think
Ewan> there was ever a reply to Christoph's question about why qedi
Ewan> depends on uio.

I did queue up Randy's patch to shut up the build warnings. But we're
still looking for a long term fix or an explanation as to why UIO is
needed in the first place.

-- 
Martin K. Petersen	Oracle Linux Engineering