From: Paul Larson <plars@linuxtestproject.org>
To: "Martin J. Bligh" <mbligh@aracnet.com>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>, Mike Fedyk <mfedyk@matchmail.com>,
lkml <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
linux-mm <linux-mm@kvack.org>
Subject: Re: ide-scsi oops was: 2.6.0-test4-mm3
Date: 10 Sep 2003 15:53:43 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1063227224.15603.31.camel@plars> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <10720000.1063224243@flay>
On Wed, 2003-09-10 at 15:04, Martin J. Bligh wrote:
> >> I have another oops for you with 2.6.0-test4-mm3-1 and ide-scsi.
> >
> > ide-scsi is a dead duck. defunct. kaput. Don't use it. It's only being
> > kept around for weirdo things like IDE-based tape drives, scanners, etc.
> >
> > Just use /dev/hdX directly.
>
> That's a real shame ... it seemed to work fine until recently. Some
> of the DVD writers (eg the one I have - Sony DRU500A or whatever)
> need it. Is it unfixable? or just nobody's done it?
If it is going to be left to rot, then should there be a CONFIG_OBSOLETE
(or something to that effect) for things that are being considered for
removal? This would be in the same spirit as CONFIG_CLEAN_COMPILE and
would give people a chance to yell if they have a legitimate case to
continue support.
-Paul Larson
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2003-09-10 20:53 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 24+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2003-08-29 6:56 2.6.0-test4-mm3 Andrew Morton
2003-08-29 7:45 ` 2.6.0-test4-mm3 Andrew Morton
2003-08-29 15:42 ` 2.6.0-test4-mm3 Ed Sweetman
2003-08-29 15:57 ` 2.6.0-test4-mm3 Andrew Morton
2003-08-29 15:59 ` 2.6.0-test4-mm3 Felipe Alfaro Solana
2003-08-30 1:43 ` OOps in 2.6.0-test4-mm3-1 Mike Fedyk
2003-09-10 18:53 ` 2.6.0-test4-mm3 Mike Fedyk
2003-09-10 18:55 ` ide-scsi oops was: 2.6.0-test4-mm3 Mike Fedyk
2003-09-10 18:43 ` Andrew Morton
2003-09-10 19:10 ` Mike Fedyk
2003-09-11 15:24 ` Alan Cox
2003-09-10 20:04 ` Martin J. Bligh
2003-09-10 20:53 ` Paul Larson [this message]
2003-09-11 8:20 ` Jens Axboe
2003-09-11 15:12 ` Gerhard Mack
2003-09-11 21:52 ` Jens Axboe
2003-09-11 15:27 ` Alan Cox
2003-09-11 21:50 ` Jens Axboe
2003-09-11 18:13 ` Martin J. Bligh
2003-09-11 18:30 ` Mike Fedyk
2003-09-11 21:52 ` Jens Axboe
2003-09-16 21:41 ` OOps in HFS " Mike Fedyk
2003-09-16 21:40 ` Andrew Morton
2003-09-16 23:59 ` Mike Fedyk
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