Date: 28 Feb 2002 13:37:32 -0700 From: Scott Long <scott_long@btc.adaptec.com> To: sos@freebsd.dk Cc: "Matthew N. Dodd" <winter@jurai.net>, "Kenneth D. Merry" <ken@kdm.org>, Julian Elischer <julian@elischer.org>, Thomas Quinot <thomas@cuivre.fr.eu.org>, freebsd-current@freebsd.org, freebsd-scsi@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Updated ATAPI/CAM patches Message-ID: <1014928652.6021.5.camel@hollin.btc.adaptec.com> In-Reply-To: <200202281957.g1SJvKY85823@freebsd.dk> References: <200202281957.g1SJvKY85823@freebsd.dk>
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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-scsi" in the body of the message
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