Re: [PATCH v3 00/77] More fixes, cleanup and modernization for NCR5380 drivers

From	Michael Schmitz <schmitzmic@gmail.com>
Newsgroups	linux.kernel
Subject	Re: [PATCH v3 00/77] More fixes, cleanup and modernization for NCR5380 drivers
Date	2016-01-01 02:30 +0100
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Hi Finn,

I've tested this series thoroughly on my Atari Falcon - no regressions,
runs stable and is quite responsive. No SCSI lock-ups that had plagued
the old driver (before your rewrites).

Please add my

Tested-by: Michael Schmitz <schmitzmic@gmail.com>

Cheers,

    Michael


Am 22.12.15 um 14:17 schrieb Finn Thain:
> Like my previous work on the NCR5380 drivers, this patch series has bug
> fixes, code cleanup and modernization. These drivers suffer from mistakes,
> poor style and neglect and this long series addresses the worst of it,
> covering all ten wrapper drivers and both of the core driver forks. The
> combined size of the drivers is reduced by over 700 LoC.
>
> This series continues to reduce divergence between the two core driver
> forks, often by copying a bug fix from one to the other. Most patches are
> larger for having to keep the two forks in sync. Making the same change to
> both is churn if one of them is to be removed but neither can be as yet.
> By the end of this series the diff between the two forks is minimal, so it
> becomes clear what caused the fork and what can be done about it.
>
> This patch series did benefit from scripts/checkpatch.pl but not too much.
> Decades ago, these drivers started out with 4-space tabs and if the 80
> column limit were to be strictly enforced now, it would require adding new
> functions and shortening identifiers. I would defer this sort of activity
> until after the fork has been resolved.
>
> All patches to all NCR5380 drivers (x86, ARM, m68k) have been compile-
> tested. The mac_scsi, dmx3191d, g_NCR5380 and atari_scsi modules were
> regression tested on suitable hardware.
>
> Changes since v1:
> - Patch 8 omits a pointless assignment.
> - Patch 10 gets a better error message.
> - Patch 20 drops the WQ_CPU_INTENSIVE flag.
> - Patch 21 adds timing calibration for the register polling loop.
> - Patch 49 is replaced by a new one that removes FLAG_DTC3181E.
> - Patch 72 by Ondrej Zary was added to fix pseudo DMA on 53C400.
>
> Changes since v2:
> - Patch 21 has better calibration with low HZ values.
> - Patch 57 no longer attempts to dereference a NULL pointer on Atari.
> - Patch 66 initializes max_sectors in the host templates.
> - Patches 73 thru 77 by Ondrej Zary were added with additional fixes for
>   53C400-compatible cards.
>
> ---
>  drivers/scsi/Kconfig         |   17 
>  drivers/scsi/NCR5380.c       | 2868 +++++++++++++++++++------------------------
>  drivers/scsi/NCR5380.h       |   87 -
>  drivers/scsi/arm/cumana_1.c  |   31 
>  drivers/scsi/arm/oak.c       |   27 
>  drivers/scsi/atari_NCR5380.c | 2292 +++++++++++++++-------------------
>  drivers/scsi/atari_scsi.c    |  102 -
>  drivers/scsi/dmx3191d.c      |   33 
>  drivers/scsi/dtc.c           |  115 -
>  drivers/scsi/dtc.h           |   45 
>  drivers/scsi/g_NCR5380.c     |  408 +++---
>  drivers/scsi/g_NCR5380.h     |   66 
>  drivers/scsi/mac_scsi.c      |  117 -
>  drivers/scsi/pas16.c         |  116 -
>  drivers/scsi/pas16.h         |   40 
>  drivers/scsi/sun3_scsi.c     |  141 --
>  drivers/scsi/t128.c          |  102 -
>  drivers/scsi/t128.h          |   39 
>  18 files changed, 2957 insertions(+), 3689 deletions(-)
>
>
>
>

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[PATCH v3 00/77] More fixes, cleanup and modernization for NCR5380 drivers Finn Thain <fthain@telegraphics.com.au> - 2015-12-22 04:00 +0100
  [PATCH v3 08/77] ncr5380: Move NCR53C400-specific code Finn Thain <fthain@telegraphics.com.au> - 2015-12-22 04:00 +0100
  [PATCH v3 11/77] ncr5380: Simplify bus reset handlers Finn Thain <fthain@telegraphics.com.au> - 2015-12-22 04:00 +0100
  [PATCH v3 12/77] ncr5380: Remove unused hostdata->aborted flag Finn Thain <fthain@telegraphics.com.au> - 2015-12-22 04:00 +0100
  [PATCH v3 14/77] ncr5380: Use return instead of goto in NCR5380_select() Finn Thain <fthain@telegraphics.com.au> - 2015-12-22 04:00 +0100
  [PATCH v3 09/77] atari_NCR5380: Reset bus on driver initialization if required Finn Thain <fthain@telegraphics.com.au> - 2015-12-22 04:00 +0100
  [PATCH v3 15/77] ncr5380: Always escalate bad target time-out in NCR5380_select() Finn Thain <fthain@telegraphics.com.au> - 2015-12-22 04:00 +0100
  [PATCH v3 05/77] ncr5380: Remove NCR5380_local_declare and NCR5380_setup macros Finn Thain <fthain@telegraphics.com.au> - 2015-12-22 04:00 +0100
  [PATCH v3 10/77] atari_NCR5380: Remove RESET_BOOT, CONFIG_ATARI_SCSI_TOSHIBA_DELAY and CONFIG_ATARI_SCSI_RESET_BOOT Finn Thain <fthain@telegraphics.com.au> - 2015-12-22 04:00 +0100
  [PATCH v3 07/77] ncr5380: Split NCR5380_init() into two functions Finn Thain <fthain@telegraphics.com.au> - 2015-12-22 04:00 +0100
  Re: [PATCH v3 68/77] ncr5380: Fix whitespace issues using regexp Joe Perches <joe@perches.com> - 2015-12-22 15:50 +0100
    Re: [PATCH v3 68/77] ncr5380: Fix whitespace issues using regexp Finn Thain <fthain@telegraphics.com.au> - 2015-12-23 02:00 +0100
      Re: [PATCH v3 68/77] ncr5380: Fix whitespace issues using regexp Joe Perches <joe@perches.com> - 2015-12-23 02:20 +0100
        Re: [PATCH v3 68/77] ncr5380: Fix whitespace issues using regexp Finn Thain <fthain@telegraphics.com.au> - 2015-12-23 03:10 +0100
          Re: [PATCH v3 68/77] ncr5380: Fix whitespace issues using regexp Joe Perches <joe@perches.com> - 2015-12-23 03:20 +0100
            Re: [PATCH v3 68/77] ncr5380: Fix whitespace issues using regexp Finn Thain <fthain@telegraphics.com.au> - 2015-12-23 05:20 +0100
      Re: [PATCH v3 68/77] ncr5380: Fix whitespace issues using regexp James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@HansenPartnership.com> - 2015-12-23 02:30 +0100
        Re: [PATCH v3 68/77] ncr5380: Fix whitespace issues using regexp Finn Thain <fthain@telegraphics.com.au> - 2015-12-23 03:40 +0100
  Re: [PATCH v3 00/77] More fixes, cleanup and modernization for NCR5380 drivers Ondrej Zary <linux@rainbow-software.org> - 2015-12-22 21:20 +0100
  Re: [PATCH v3 00/77] More fixes, cleanup and modernization for  NCR5380 drivers Michael Schmitz <schmitzmic@gmail.com> - 2016-01-01 02:30 +0100

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