From: "Maciej W. Rozycki" <macro@ds2.pg.gda.pl>
To: James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@steeleye.com>
Cc: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org>,
SCSI Mailing List <linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org>,
Linux Kernel Development <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] NCR53c406a.c warning
Date: Fri, 12 Sep 2003 16:16:20 +0200 (MET DST) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.3.96.1030912161154.17936I-100000@delta.ds2.pg.gda.pl> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1063374111.1767.2.camel@mulgrave>
On 12 Sep 2003, James Bottomley wrote:
> > NCR53c406a: Apparently wait_intr() is unused, so remove it.
>
> It is currently unused. However, the reason is that we removed the scsi
> command method that allows polled operation in a driver (this routine is
> actually polling the interrupt port on the chip).
>
> I'd like to wait a while to see if anyone still needs this mode when 2.6
> gets a wider test audience. If you wish, you can surround the routine
> with #if 0 and a comment saying we can junk it later if it really is
> unnecessary.
I've encountered an ISA adapter using this chip in polled mode (no ISA
IRQ line routed to the chip) quite recently. But I can't say if the guy
using it won't throw it away before final 2.6. ;-)
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+ Maciej W. Rozycki, Technical University of Gdansk, Poland +
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2003-09-12 14:16 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2003-09-11 6:37 [PATCH] NCR53c406a.c warning Geert Uytterhoeven
2003-09-12 13:41 ` James Bottomley
2003-09-12 14:16 ` Maciej W. Rozycki [this message]
2003-09-12 14:47 ` Alan Cox
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