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Petersen" , Nicholas Bellinger , Stefan Richter Subject: Re: [PATCH] scsi: target/sbp: remove firewire SBP target driver From: "Martin K. Petersen" Organization: Oracle Corporation Message-ID: References: <01020172acd3d10f-3964f076-a820-43fc-9494-3f3946e9b7b5-000000@eu-west-1.amazonses.com> Date: Tue, 16 Jun 2020 22:35:18 -0400 In-Reply-To: (Finn Thain's message of "Sun, 14 Jun 2020 10:03:31 +1000 (AEST)") MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Proofpoint-Virus-Version: vendor=nai engine=6000 definitions=9654 signatures=668680 X-Proofpoint-Spam-Details: rule=notspam policy=default score=0 spamscore=0 adultscore=0 phishscore=0 mlxscore=0 bulkscore=0 malwarescore=0 mlxlogscore=999 suspectscore=1 classifier=spam adjust=0 reason=mlx scancount=1 engine=8.12.0-2004280000 definitions=main-2006170019 X-Proofpoint-Virus-Version: vendor=nai engine=6000 definitions=9654 signatures=668680 X-Proofpoint-Spam-Details: rule=notspam policy=default score=0 spamscore=0 clxscore=1011 lowpriorityscore=0 malwarescore=0 cotscore=-2147483648 suspectscore=1 bulkscore=0 mlxlogscore=999 mlxscore=0 impostorscore=0 priorityscore=1501 phishscore=0 adultscore=0 classifier=spam adjust=0 reason=mlx scancount=1 engine=8.12.0-2004280000 definitions=main-2006170018 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Finn, > I haven't used this driver for a long time, but I still own PowerMacs > with firewire, and I know I'm not the only one. I also have old 1394 hardware kicking around in the basement. But having worked with FireWire shared storage targets in the past, I have zero desire to ever touch any of that again. I could understand an objection if we were to entertain removing sbp2. But really, how many people are setting up FireWire targets? -- Martin K. Petersen Oracle Linux Engineering