Date: Mon, 12 May 2008 20:00:30 +1200 From: Mark Kirkwood <markir@paradise.net.nz> To: Jeremy Chadwick <koitsu@freebsd.org> Cc: stable@freebsd.org, jonathan@kc8onw.net Subject: Re: ATA APM and NCQ support in FreeBSD atacontrol Message-ID: <4827F91E.60102@paradise.net.nz> In-Reply-To: <20080512074541.GA4667@eos.sc1.parodius.com> References: <29626.214.13.212.30.1210554531.squirrel@www.kc8onw.net> <Pine.BSF.3.96.1080512141540.3891B-100000@gaia.nimnet.asn.au> <53004.80.91.220.50.1210576570.squirrel@www.kc8onw.net> <20080512072316.GA3845@eos.sc1.parodius.com> <58131.80.91.220.50.1210577810.squirrel@www.kc8onw.net> <20080512074541.GA4667@eos.sc1.parodius.com>
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Jeremy Chadwick wrote:
>
> I am too, but PRs that are 2 years old which include patches for severe
> bugs that affect reliability of RAID is (in my opinion) not acceptable.
> I've been spanked over saying this before ("you don't understand how
> open source works"), but necessity easily supercedes idealism.
>
> Linux's libata has evolved very quickly and very well, and has multiple
> eyes familiar with the code (in the case the author takes vacation,
> etc.). It has the upper hand here.
>
>
Linux has more eyes period, which helps a lot. In addition Linux has
more commercial sponsorship - having said that, I've no idea if libdata
development has had any such sponsorship...
However. I do agree that we (that is FreeBSD) need more folks brave
enough to help Soren out with the (S)ATA layer - that means people like
you or me deciding to get our hands dirty with this code...
best wishes
Mark
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