From: Chris Boot <bootc@boo.tc>
To: Finn Thain <fthain@telegraphics.com.au>
Cc: linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org, target-devel@vger.kernel.org,
linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org,
linux1394-devel@lists.sourceforge.net,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
Bart Van Assche <bvanassche@acm.org>,
Chuhong Yuan <hslester96@gmail.com>,
"Martin K . Petersen" <martin.petersen@oracle.com>,
Nicholas Bellinger <nab@linux-iscsi.org>,
Stefan Richter <stefanr@s5r6.in-berlin.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] scsi: target/sbp: remove firewire SBP target driver
Date: Mon, 15 Jun 2020 16:00:52 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <8da0c285-d707-a3d2-063e-472af5cc560f@boo.tc> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <alpine.LNX.2.22.394.2006150919110.8@nippy.intranet>
On 15/06/2020 00:28, Finn Thain wrote:
> On Sun, 14 Jun 2020, Chris Boot wrote:
>
>> I expect that if someone finds this useful it can stick around (but
>> that's not my call).
>
> Who's call is that? If the patch had said "From: Martin K. Petersen" and
> "This driver is being removed because it has the following defects..."
> that would be some indication of a good-faith willingness to accept users
> as developers in the spirit of the GPL, which is what you seem to be
> alluding to (?).
If you're asking me, I'd say it was martin's call:
> SCSI TARGET SUBSYSTEM
> M: "Martin K. Petersen" <martin.petersen@oracle.com>
[...]
> F: drivers/target/
> F: include/target/
>> I just don't have the time or inclination or hardware to be able to
>> maintain it anymore, so someone else would have to pick it up.
>>
>
> Which is why most drivers get orphaned, right?
Sure, but that's not what Martin asked me to do, hence this patch.
--
Chris Boot
bootc@boo.tc
WARNING: multiple messages have this Message-ID (diff)
From: Chris Boot <bootc@boo.tc>
To: Finn Thain <fthain@telegraphics.com.au>
Cc: linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org, target-devel@vger.kernel.org,
linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org,
linux1394-devel@lists.sourceforge.net,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
Bart Van Assche <bvanassche@acm.org>,
Chuhong Yuan <hslester96@gmail.com>,
"Martin K . Petersen" <martin.petersen@oracle.com>,
Nicholas Bellinger <nab@linux-iscsi.org>,
Stefan Richter <stefanr@s5r6.in-berlin.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] scsi: target/sbp: remove firewire SBP target driver
Date: Mon, 15 Jun 2020 15:00:52 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <8da0c285-d707-a3d2-063e-472af5cc560f@boo.tc> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <alpine.LNX.2.22.394.2006150919110.8@nippy.intranet>
On 15/06/2020 00:28, Finn Thain wrote:
> On Sun, 14 Jun 2020, Chris Boot wrote:
>
>> I expect that if someone finds this useful it can stick around (but
>> that's not my call).
>
> Who's call is that? If the patch had said "From: Martin K. Petersen" and
> "This driver is being removed because it has the following defects..."
> that would be some indication of a good-faith willingness to accept users
> as developers in the spirit of the GPL, which is what you seem to be
> alluding to (?).
If you're asking me, I'd say it was martin's call:
> SCSI TARGET SUBSYSTEM
> M: "Martin K. Petersen" <martin.petersen@oracle.com>
[...]
> F: drivers/target/
> F: include/target/
>> I just don't have the time or inclination or hardware to be able to
>> maintain it anymore, so someone else would have to pick it up.
>>
>
> Which is why most drivers get orphaned, right?
Sure, but that's not what Martin asked me to do, hence this patch.
--
Chris Boot
bootc@boo.tc
WARNING: multiple messages have this Message-ID (diff)
From: Chris Boot <bootc@boo.tc>
To: Finn Thain <fthain@telegraphics.com.au>
Cc: Bart Van Assche <bvanassche@acm.org>,
linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org, Chuhong Yuan <hslester96@gmail.com>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
Nicholas Bellinger <nab@linux-iscsi.org>,
target-devel@vger.kernel.org,
"Martin K . Petersen" <martin.petersen@oracle.com>,
linux1394-devel@lists.sourceforge.net,
linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org,
Stefan Richter <stefanr@s5r6.in-berlin.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] scsi: target/sbp: remove firewire SBP target driver
Date: Mon, 15 Jun 2020 16:00:52 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <8da0c285-d707-a3d2-063e-472af5cc560f@boo.tc> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <alpine.LNX.2.22.394.2006150919110.8@nippy.intranet>
On 15/06/2020 00:28, Finn Thain wrote:
> On Sun, 14 Jun 2020, Chris Boot wrote:
>
>> I expect that if someone finds this useful it can stick around (but
>> that's not my call).
>
> Who's call is that? If the patch had said "From: Martin K. Petersen" and
> "This driver is being removed because it has the following defects..."
> that would be some indication of a good-faith willingness to accept users
> as developers in the spirit of the GPL, which is what you seem to be
> alluding to (?).
If you're asking me, I'd say it was martin's call:
> SCSI TARGET SUBSYSTEM
> M: "Martin K. Petersen" <martin.petersen@oracle.com>
[...]
> F: drivers/target/
> F: include/target/
>> I just don't have the time or inclination or hardware to be able to
>> maintain it anymore, so someone else would have to pick it up.
>>
>
> Which is why most drivers get orphaned, right?
Sure, but that's not what Martin asked me to do, hence this patch.
--
Chris Boot
bootc@boo.tc
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2020-06-15 15:01 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 50+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2020-06-13 8:37 [PATCH] scsi: target/sbp: remove SBP target driver Chris Boot
2020-06-13 8:37 ` Chris Boot
2020-06-14 0:03 ` [PATCH] scsi: target/sbp: remove firewire " Finn Thain
2020-06-14 0:03 ` Finn Thain
2020-06-14 0:03 ` Finn Thain
2020-06-14 10:34 ` Chris Boot
2020-06-14 10:34 ` Chris Boot
2020-06-14 10:34 ` Chris Boot
2020-06-14 23:28 ` Finn Thain
2020-06-14 23:28 ` Finn Thain
2020-06-14 23:28 ` Finn Thain
2020-06-15 15:00 ` Chris Boot [this message]
2020-06-15 15:00 ` Chris Boot
2020-06-15 15:00 ` Chris Boot
2020-06-16 9:42 ` Finn Thain
2020-06-16 9:42 ` Finn Thain
2020-06-16 9:42 ` Finn Thain
2020-06-16 14:08 ` Bart Van Assche
2020-06-16 14:08 ` Bart Van Assche
2020-06-16 14:08 ` Bart Van Assche
2020-06-16 14:13 ` Johannes Thumshirn
2020-06-16 14:13 ` Johannes Thumshirn
2020-06-16 14:13 ` Johannes Thumshirn
2020-06-16 15:34 ` James Bottomley
2020-06-16 15:34 ` James Bottomley
2020-06-16 15:34 ` James Bottomley
2020-06-16 17:59 ` Chris Boot
2020-06-16 17:59 ` Chris Boot
2020-06-16 17:59 ` Chris Boot
2020-06-17 3:09 ` Martin K. Petersen
2020-06-17 3:09 ` Martin K. Petersen
2020-06-17 3:09 ` Martin K. Petersen
2020-06-18 0:40 ` Finn Thain
2020-06-18 0:40 ` Finn Thain
2020-06-18 0:40 ` Finn Thain
2020-06-17 2:07 ` Finn Thain
2020-06-17 2:07 ` Finn Thain
2020-06-17 2:07 ` Finn Thain
2021-01-04 17:43 ` Bart Van Assche
2021-01-04 17:43 ` Bart Van Assche
2021-01-04 22:50 ` Finn Thain
2021-01-04 22:50 ` Finn Thain
2021-01-05 1:48 ` Bart Van Assche
2021-01-05 1:48 ` Bart Van Assche
2020-06-17 2:35 ` Martin K. Petersen
2020-06-17 2:35 ` Martin K. Petersen
2020-06-17 2:35 ` Martin K. Petersen
2020-06-17 4:21 ` Finn Thain
2020-06-17 4:21 ` Finn Thain
2020-06-17 4:21 ` Finn Thain
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