Re: [ME TOO] Re: Linux-2.1.125 ... pre-2.2 imminent - SCSI issues
david parsons (o.r.c@p.e.l.l.p.o.r.t.l.a.n.d.o.r.u.s)
13 Oct 1998 09:13:25 -0700
In article <linux.kernel.Pine.LNX.3.95.981012201127.368B-100000@localhost>,
Gerard Roudier <groudier@club-internet.fr> wrote:
>
>
>On 11 Oct 1998, david parsons wrote:
>
>> In article <linux.kernel.Pine.LNX.3.95.981011182913.786A-100000@localhost>,
>> Gerard Roudier <groudier@club-internet.fr> wrote:
>>
>> >But being the low price at which we can buy way faster and reliable SCSI
>> >adapters nowadays you may have problems to find a volunteer for
>> >maintaining the driver for such an old horse that in real life had gone to
>> >the abattoir years ago.
>>
>> Piffle. I have machines with 1542's in them that _work_ now; if your
>> recommendation is that I buy replacement controllers, give me your
>> credit card information and I'll make the order today.
>
>I maintain some Linux scsi driver in my free time and bought most of the
>hardware I use under Linux. And now I am asking for offering scsi
>controllers to a Linux user.
>Why not to pay you for using Linux, after all?
>
>Dear comic boy,
>
>This list is for kernel development. You can subscribe and silently read
>the articles. But, if you post to this list, then you are assumed to
>desire to help linux development.
Look on the credits list.
And even if I had not contributed to kernel development, that
certainly doesn't invalidate wanting to keep the driver base
working. That's one of the reasons I'm keen on (and reluctantly
starting to work on) a UDI kernel interface, so people can write
their device drivers ONCE and not have to keep dicking around with
them to make the work with the kernel interface of the week.
>Your enthousiasm for 1542 controllers makes you an excellent candidate
>for maintaining the corresponding driver, or at least trying to fix
>it. I am quite sure that people who have docs on this adapter would be
>glad to send you them and help you for this work.
Why? The 1.2.13 driver seems to work just fine for me, and when I
UDIze it I'll be able to carry it from kernel release to kernel
release without fooling around with it.
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