From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Adrian Bunk Subject: Re: [2.6 patch] schedule the SCSI qlogicfc driver for removal Date: Sat, 25 Mar 2006 19:04:51 +0100 Message-ID: <20060325180451.GJ4053@stusta.de> References: <20051024141646.6265c0da.akpm@osdl.org> <20051027152637.GC7889@plap.qlogic.org> <20051027190227.GA16211@infradead.org> <20051027215313.GB7889@plap.qlogic.org> <20051028225155.GA13958@infradead.org> <20051028230303.GI15018@plap.qlogic.org> <1130542543.23729.160.camel@localhost.localdomain> <20060204225801.GD4528@stusta.de> <20060214001409.GA17604@stusta.de> <20060214174308.GA25817@infradead.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Received: from mailout.stusta.mhn.de ([141.84.69.5]:43535 "HELO mailout.stusta.mhn.de") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S1751058AbWCYSEw (ORCPT ); Sat, 25 Mar 2006 13:04:52 -0500 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20060214174308.GA25817@infradead.org> Sender: linux-scsi-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org To: Christoph Hellwig , Badari Pulavarty , Andrew Vasquez , Andrew Morton , lkml , linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org On Tue, Feb 14, 2006 at 05:43:09PM +0000, Christoph Hellwig wrote: > On Tue, Feb 14, 2006 at 01:14:09AM +0100, Adrian Bunk wrote: > > As usual, there isn't much feedback regarding problems with one driver > > from people using an obsolete driver for the same hardware. > > > > So schedule the SCSI qlogicfc driver for removal and let the > > flames^Wfeedback begin... > > The driver has been deprecatedd since long before the official deprecation > mechanisms existed. It'll go away for 2.6.17. Is this patch pending somewhere or should I send a patch? cu Adrian -- "Is there not promise of rain?" Ling Tan asked suddenly out of the darkness. There had been need of rain for many days. "Only a promise," Lao Er said. Pearl S. Buck - Dragon Seed