From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Subject: Re: ide-scsi oops was: 2.6.0-test4-mm3 From: Paul Larson In-Reply-To: <10720000.1063224243@flay> References: <20030828235649.61074690.akpm@osdl.org><20030910185338.GA1461@matchmail.com> <20030910185537.GB1461@matchmail.com> <20030910114346.025fdb59.akpm@osdl.org> <10720000.1063224243@flay> Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: 10 Sep 2003 15:53:43 -0500 Message-Id: <1063227224.15603.31.camel@plars> Mime-Version: 1.0 Sender: owner-linux-mm@kvack.org Return-Path: To: "Martin J. Bligh" Cc: Andrew Morton , Mike Fedyk , lkml , linux-mm List-ID: 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 -- To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in the body to majordomo@kvack.org. For more info on Linux MM, see: http://www.linux-mm.org/ . Don't email: aart@kvack.org