ide/Kconfig: mark ide-scsi as deprecated
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PATCH 1/1 ide/Kconfig: mark ide-scsi as deprecated
Mark ide-scsi as deprecated and remove stale/bogus documentation.
--- drivers/ide/Kconfig | 16 +--------------- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 15 deletions(-)
drivers/ide/Kconfig +1 -15
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ config BLK_DEV_IDEFLOPPY module will be called ide-floppy. config BLK_DEV_IDESCSI - tristate "SCSI emulation support" + tristate "SCSI emulation support (DEPRECATED)" depends on SCSI select IDE_ATAPI ---help---
@@ -200,20 +200,6 @@ config BLK_DEV_IDESCSI and will allow you to use a SCSI device driver instead of a native ATAPI driver. - This is useful if you have an ATAPI device for which no native - driver has been written (for example, an ATAPI PD-CD drive); - you can then use this emulation together with an appropriate SCSI - device driver. In order to do this, say Y here and to "SCSI support" - and "SCSI generic support", below. You must then provide the kernel - command line "hdx=ide-scsi" (try "man bootparam" or see the - documentation of your boot loader (lilo or loadlin) about how to - pass options to the kernel at boot time) for devices if you want the - native EIDE sub-drivers to skip over the native support, so that - this SCSI emulation can be used instead. - - Note that this option does NOT allow you to attach SCSI devices to a - box that doesn't have a SCSI host adapter installed. - If both this SCSI emulation and native ATAPI support are compiled into the kernel, the native support will be used.
Quoted 6 lines · On Tue, 19 Aug 2008 21:11:44 +0200 Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz…
Mark ide-scsi as deprecated and remove stale/bogus documentation.
Signed-off-by Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <[email protected]>--- drivers/ide/Kconfig | 16 +--------------- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 15 deletions(-)
Can we add ide-scsi to Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt?
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Quoted 6 lines · On Tue, 19 Aug 2008 21:11:44 +0200 Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz…
Mark ide-scsi as deprecated and remove stale/bogus documentation.
Signed-off-by Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <[email protected]>--- drivers/ide/Kconfig | 16 +--------------- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 15 deletions(-)Can we add ide-scsi to
Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt?
Sure, care to send a patch?
Quoted 6 lines · On Wed, 3 Sep 2008 19:43:55 +0200 Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz…
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Quoted 2 lines · On Tue, 19 Aug 2008 21:11:44 +0200 Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz…
Mark ide-scsi as deprecated and remove stale/bogus documentation.
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Signed-off-by Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <[email protected]>--- drivers/ide/Kconfig | 16 +--------------- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 15 deletions(-)Can we add ide-scsi to
Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt?Sure, care to send a patch?
2.6.30 is too far?
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From: FUJITA Tomonori <[email protected]>
Subject: [PATCH] add deprecated ide-scsi to feature-removal-schedule.txt
--- Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt | 8 ++++++++ 1 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt +8 -0
@@ -322,3 +322,11 @@ Why: Accounting can now be enabled/disabled without kernel recompilation. controlled by a kernel/module/sysfs/sysctl parameter. Who: Krzysztof Piotr Oledzki <[email protected]> +--------------------------- + +What: ide-scsi (BLK_DEV_IDESCSI) +When: 2.6.30 +Why: The 2.6 kernel supports direct writing to ide CD drives, which + eliminates the need for ide-scsi. The new method is more + efficient in every way. +Who: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <[email protected]>
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Quoted 11 lines · On Wed, 3 Sep 2008 19:43:55 +0200 Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz…
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Quoted 6 lines · On Tue, 19 Aug 2008 21:11:44 +0200 Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz…
Mark ide-scsi as deprecated and remove stale/bogus documentation.
Signed-off-by Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <[email protected]>--- drivers/ide/Kconfig | 16 +--------------- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 15 deletions(-)
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Can we add ide-scsi to
Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt?Sure, care to send a patch?
2.6.30 is too far?
It is IMHO.
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From: FUJITA Tomonori <[email protected]>
Subject: [PATCH] add deprecated ide-scsi to feature-removal-schedule.txtSigned-off-by FUJITA Tomonori <[email protected]>--- Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt | 8 ++++++++ 1 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt +0
-0@@ -322,3 +322,11 @@ Why: Accounting can now be enabled/disabled without kernel recompilation. controlled by a kernel/module/sysfs/sysctl parameter.
Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt Why: Accounting can now be enabled/disabled without kernel recompilation. · line 332
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-0Who: Krzysztof Piotr Oledzki <[email protected]> +--------------------------- + +What: ide-scsi (BLK_DEV_IDESCSI) +When: 2.6.30 +Why: The 2.6 kernel supports direct writing to ide CD drives, which + eliminates the need for ide-scsi. The new method is more + efficient in every way. +Who: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <[email protected]>
Thanks but I thought that you would also want to handle the removal patch?
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Quoted 6 lines · On Tue, 19 Aug 2008 21:11:44 +0200 Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz…
Mark ide-scsi as deprecated and remove stale/bogus documentation.
Signed-off-by Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <[email protected]>--- drivers/ide/Kconfig | 16 +--------------- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 15 deletions(-)
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Can we add ide-scsi to
Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt?Sure, care to send a patch?
2.6.30 is too far?
It is IMHO.
let's try 2.6.29 to see if someone is against it.
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From: FUJITA Tomonori <[email protected]>
Subject: [PATCH] add deprecated ide-scsi to feature-removal-schedule.txtSigned-off-by FUJITA Tomonori <[email protected]>--- Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt | 8 ++++++++ 1 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt +0
-0@@ -322,3 +322,11 @@ Why: Accounting can now be enabled/disabled without kernel recompilation. controlled by a kernel/module/sysfs/sysctl parameter. Who: Krzysztof Piotr Oledzki <[email protected]>
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Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt Why: Accounting can now be enabled/disabled without kernel recompilation. · line 332
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Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt +8
-0+--------------------------- + +What: ide-scsi (BLK_DEV_IDESCSI) +When: 2.6.30 +Why: The 2.6 kernel supports direct writing to ide CD drives, which + eliminates the need for ide-scsi. The new method is more + efficient in every way. +Who: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <[email protected]>Thanks but I thought that you would also want to handle the removal patch?
Ok, I'll take care of it if you like.
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From: FUJITA Tomonori <[email protected]>
Subject: [PATCH] add deprecated ide-scsi to feature-removal-schedule.txt
--- Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt | 8 ++++++++ 1 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt +8 -0
@@ -322,3 +322,11 @@ Why: Accounting can now be enabled/disabled without kernel recompilation. controlled by a kernel/module/sysfs/sysctl parameter. Who: Krzysztof Piotr Oledzki <[email protected]> +--------------------------- + +What: ide-scsi (BLK_DEV_IDESCSI) +When: 2.6.29 +Why: The 2.6 kernel supports direct writing to ide CD drives, which + eliminates the need for ide-scsi. The new method is more + efficient in every way. +Who: FUJITA Tomonori <[email protected]>
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Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz
AppliedOn Saturday 06 September 2008, FUJITA Tomonori wrote:
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Ok, I'll take care of it if you like.
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From: FUJITA Tomonori <[email protected]>
Subject: [PATCH] add deprecated ide-scsi to feature-removal-schedule.txtSigned-off-by FUJITA Tomonori <[email protected]>
Thanks, applied.