Re: [PATCH 00/71] More fixes, cleanup and modernization for NCR5380 drivers

From	Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.org>
Newsgroups	linux.kernel
Subject	Re: [PATCH 00/71] More fixes, cleanup and modernization for NCR5380 drivers
Date	2015-11-20 12:50 +0100
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On Fri, Nov 20, 2015 at 12:40:03PM +0100, Ondrej Zary wrote:
> > > I'd love to be able to get rid of the ISA drivers to be honest.
> > 
> > Is that because of their use of scsi_module.c or their general decrepitude 
> > or something else?
> 
> scsi_module.c usage shouldn't be hard to fix. I can do that after finding a working setup.

It's the general state of them.

> 
> > > Given that they appear to be gravely broken before your cleanups this 
> > > might be an opportunity to get rid of them.
> > 
> > At this stage, that's unclear (to me). It could be that g_NCR5380.c is not 
> > broken. It could be that the core driver can't handle certain targets. I 
> > think we need to do more testing.
> 
> Maybe I was just unlucky and tested a drive that never worked with this driver.
> 
> Working ISA means more testing possibilities. It's much easier to get an ISA card than a Sun or Atari. Also faster CPU (such as 1 GHz P3) means quicker testing.


Well, if you volunteer to bring the NCR5380 ISA drivers up to date and
maintain them it's obvuously fine to keep them around.

I'm more worried about all the unmaintained ISA drivers in horrible
shape.
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[PATCH 00/71] More fixes, cleanup and modernization for NCR5380 drivers Finn Thain <fthain@telegraphics.com.au> - 2015-11-18 10:20 +0100
  [PATCH 04/71] ncr5380: Remove more pointless macros Finn Thain <fthain@telegraphics.com.au> - 2015-11-18 10:30 +0100
  Re: [PATCH 00/71] More fixes, cleanup and modernization for NCR5380 drivers Ondrej Zary <linux@rainbow-software.org> - 2015-11-18 12:40 +0100
    Re: [PATCH 00/71] More fixes, cleanup and modernization for NCR5380  drivers Finn Thain <fthain@telegraphics.com.au> - 2015-11-19 03:30 +0100
      Re: [PATCH 00/71] More fixes, cleanup and modernization for NCR5380  drivers Michael Schmitz <schmitzmic@gmail.com> - 2015-11-19 04:00 +0100
      Re: [PATCH 00/71] More fixes, cleanup and modernization for NCR5380 drivers Ondrej Zary <linux@rainbow-software.org> - 2015-11-19 08:50 +0100
      Re: [PATCH 00/71] More fixes, cleanup and modernization for NCR5380 drivers Ondrej Zary <linux@rainbow-software.org> - 2015-11-20 00:00 +0100
        Re: [PATCH 00/71] More fixes, cleanup and modernization for NCR5380  drivers Finn Thain <fthain@telegraphics.com.au> - 2015-11-20 02:50 +0100
          Re: [PATCH 00/71] More fixes, cleanup and modernization for NCR5380  drivers Finn Thain <fthain@telegraphics.com.au> - 2015-11-20 08:30 +0100
            Re: [PATCH 00/71] More fixes, cleanup and modernization for NCR5380  drivers Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.org> - 2015-11-20 08:40 +0100
              Re: [PATCH 00/71] More fixes, cleanup and modernization for NCR5380  drivers Finn Thain <fthain@telegraphics.com.au> - 2015-11-20 09:20 +0100
                Re: [PATCH 00/71] More fixes, cleanup and modernization for NCR5380 drivers Ondrej Zary <linux@rainbow-software.org> - 2015-11-20 10:20 +0100
                Re: [PATCH 00/71] More fixes, cleanup and modernization for NCR5380  drivers Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.org> - 2015-11-20 11:10 +0100
                Re: [PATCH 00/71] More fixes, cleanup and modernization for NCR5380  drivers Finn Thain <fthain@telegraphics.com.au> - 2015-11-20 12:00 +0100
                Re: [PATCH 00/71] More fixes, cleanup and modernization for NCR5380  drivers Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.org> - 2015-11-20 12:50 +0100
                Re: [PATCH 00/71] More fixes, cleanup and modernization for NCR5380 drivers Ondrej Zary <linux@rainbow-software.org> - 2015-11-20 12:50 +0100
                Re: [PATCH 00/71] More fixes, cleanup and modernization for NCR5380 drivers Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org> - 2015-11-20 13:30 +0100
                Re: [PATCH 00/71] More fixes, cleanup and modernization for NCR5380 drivers Ondrej Zary <linux@rainbow-software.org> - 2015-11-20 13:50 +0100
          Re: [PATCH 00/71] More fixes, cleanup and modernization for NCR5380 drivers Ondrej Zary <linux@rainbow-software.org> - 2015-11-20 08:40 +0100
          Re: [PATCH 00/71] More fixes, cleanup and modernization for NCR5380 drivers Ondrej Zary <linux@rainbow-software.org> - 2015-11-20 19:30 +0100
            Re: [PATCH 00/71] More fixes, cleanup and modernization for NCR5380  drivers Finn Thain <fthain@telegraphics.com.au> - 2015-11-21 03:10 +0100
              Re: [PATCH 00/71] More fixes, cleanup and modernization for NCR5380 drivers Ondrej Zary <linux@rainbow-software.org> - 2015-11-21 14:10 +0100
                Re: [PATCH 00/71] More fixes, cleanup and modernization for NCR5380 drivers Ondrej Zary <linux@rainbow-software.org> - 2015-11-22 00:10 +0100
                Re: [PATCH 00/71] More fixes, cleanup and modernization for NCR5380  drivers Finn Thain <fthain@telegraphics.com.au> - 2015-11-22 00:40 +0100
                Re: [PATCH 00/71] More fixes, cleanup and modernization for NCR5380 drivers Ondrej Zary <linux@rainbow-software.org> - 2015-11-24 00:00 +0100
                Re: [PATCH 00/71] More fixes, cleanup and modernization for NCR5380  drivers Finn Thain <fthain@telegraphics.com.au> - 2015-11-24 02:30 +0100
                Re: [PATCH 00/71] More fixes, cleanup and modernization for NCR5380 drivers Ondrej Zary <linux@rainbow-software.org> - 2015-11-24 09:10 +0100
                Re: [PATCH 00/71] More fixes, cleanup and modernization for NCR5380  drivers Finn Thain <fthain@telegraphics.com.au> - 2015-11-24 10:20 +0100
                Re: [PATCH 00/71] More fixes, cleanup and modernization for NCR5380 drivers Ondrej Zary <linux@rainbow-software.org> - 2015-11-24 13:10 +0100
                Re: [PATCH 00/71] More fixes, cleanup and modernization for NCR5380 drivers Ondrej Zary <linux@rainbow-software.org> - 2015-11-24 19:10 +0100
                Re: [PATCH 00/71] More fixes, cleanup and modernization for NCR5380 drivers Ondrej Zary <linux@rainbow-software.org> - 2015-11-24 22:50 +0100
                Re: [PATCH 00/71] More fixes, cleanup and modernization for NCR5380  drivers Finn Thain <fthain@telegraphics.com.au> - 2015-11-25 03:20 +0100
                Re: [PATCH 00/71] More fixes, cleanup and modernization for NCR5380 drivers Ondrej Zary <linux@rainbow-software.org> - 2015-11-25 10:10 +0100
                Re: [PATCH 00/71] More fixes, cleanup and modernization for NCR5380  drivers Finn Thain <fthain@telegraphics.com.au> - 2015-11-25 13:00 +0100
                Re: [PATCH 00/71] More fixes, cleanup and modernization for NCR5380 drivers Ondrej Zary <linux@rainbow-software.org> - 2015-11-26 00:10 +0100
  [PATCH 72/71] ncr5380: Fix pseudo-DMA Ondrej Zary <linux@rainbow-software.org> - 2015-11-25 22:40 +0100
  [RFC PATCH 73/71] ncr5380: Use runtime register mapping Ondrej Zary <linux@rainbow-software.org> - 2015-11-29 10:50 +0100
    Re: [RFC PATCH 73/71] ncr5380: Use runtime register mapping Finn Thain <fthain@telegraphics.com.au> - 2015-11-30 13:00 +0100
  [RFC PATCH 74/71] ncr5380: Enable PDMA for NCR53C400A Ondrej Zary <linux@rainbow-software.org> - 2015-11-29 10:50 +0100
    Re: [RFC PATCH 74/71] ncr5380: Enable PDMA for NCR53C400A Finn Thain <fthain@telegraphics.com.au> - 2015-11-30 13:00 +0100
    Re: [RFC PATCH 74/71] ncr5380: Enable PDMA for NCR53C400A Finn Thain <fthain@telegraphics.com.au> - 2015-11-30 13:10 +0100
      Re: [RFC PATCH 74/71] ncr5380: Enable PDMA for NCR53C400A Ondrej Zary <linux@rainbow-software.org> - 2015-11-30 14:50 +0100
  [RFC PATCH 75/71] ncr5380: Remove FLAG_DTC3181E Ondrej Zary <linux@rainbow-software.org> - 2015-11-29 11:10 +0100
    Re: [RFC PATCH 75/71] ncr5380: Remove FLAG_DTC3181E Finn Thain <fthain@telegraphics.com.au> - 2015-11-30 06:00 +0100

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