From owner-freebsd-current Thu Feb 28 12:41:10 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from magic.adaptec.com (magic.adaptec.com [208.236.45.80]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AD5D737B41A; Thu, 28 Feb 2002 12:41:04 -0800 (PST) Received: from redfish.adaptec.com (redfish.adaptec.com [162.62.50.11]) by magic.adaptec.com (8.8.8+Sun/8.8.8) with ESMTP id MAA27248; Thu, 28 Feb 2002 12:39:54 -0800 (PST) Received: from btc.btc.adaptec.com (btc.btc.adaptec.com [162.62.64.10]) by redfish.adaptec.com (8.8.8+Sun/8.8.8) with ESMTP id MAA20244; Thu, 28 Feb 2002 12:22:23 -0800 (PST) Received: from hollin.btc.adaptec.com (hollin [162.62.149.56]) by btc.btc.adaptec.com (8.8.8+Sun/8.8.8) with ESMTP id NAA11141; Thu, 28 Feb 2002 13:39:50 -0700 (MST) Received: (from scottl@localhost) by hollin.btc.adaptec.com (8.11.6/8.11.4) id g1SKbW606074; Thu, 28 Feb 2002 13:37:32 -0700 (MST) (envelope-from scott_long@btc.adaptec.com) X-Authentication-Warning: hollin.btc.adaptec.com: scottl set sender to scott_long@btc.adaptec.com using -f Subject: Re: Updated ATAPI/CAM patches From: Scott Long To: sos@freebsd.dk Cc: "Matthew N. Dodd" , "Kenneth D. Merry" , Julian Elischer , Thomas Quinot , freebsd-current@freebsd.org, freebsd-scsi@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <200202281957.g1SJvKY85823@freebsd.dk> References: <200202281957.g1SJvKY85823@freebsd.dk> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Mailer: Evolution/1.0.1 Date: 28 Feb 2002 13:37:32 -0700 Message-Id: <1014928652.6021.5.camel@hollin.btc.adaptec.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Thu, 2002-02-28 at 12:57, Sxren Schmidt wrote: > It seems Matthew N. Dodd wrote: > >On Thu, 28 Feb 2002, S=F8ren Schmidt wrote: > >> I'll quit the ATA/ATAPI development/maintenance if this goes in quickl= y. > > > >What? Are you looking at the same patches that everyone else is? >=20 > Read the rest of my mail, the problem is not the patches as much > as it is all the issues getting it to work and helping users > that has problems with it. I have more than enough to do already, > getting X mails extra a day asking why app XX doesn't work with > drive YY is not what I'm looking for. >=20 > >I'd expect this sort of foot-dragging if the patch were intrusive to the > >ATA drivers but its not. >=20 > As I have stated several times, I have no problem with ATAPI being > sent through CAM as long as the usual way stays (some of us cannot > afford the weight of those extra layers, nor loose functionality). > I'd do the integration somewhat differently to even further minimise=20 > the diffs, but that is really not the issue here... > So if we can get *serious* commitment from a committer to take up > these loose ends, lets talk about what to do, if not my offer stands :) >=20 > -S=F8ren > I'll raise my hand here. I've been keenly interested in this for a while, since it will make my UDF work much simpler. I'm also getting my feet wet in CAM, and I have the two CAM gurus nearby if things get too hairy. I fully indend for this to be a cooperative effort with Thomas; I'm mainly raising my hand to take the abuse that will no doubt happen once in a while. Scott =20 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message