Messages in this thread | | | From | Ondrej Zary <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 00/71] More fixes, cleanup and modernization for NCR5380 drivers | Date | Fri, 20 Nov 2015 10:16:25 +0100 |
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On Friday 20 November 2015, Finn Thain wrote: > > On Thu, 19 Nov 2015, Christoph Hellwig wrote: > > > On Fri, Nov 20, 2015 at 06:21:06PM +1100, Finn Thain wrote: > > > > > > Not sure what module was being probed here. I presume it was > > > > g_NCR5380 or g_NCR5380_mmio. Neither of these calls > > > > 'scsi_scan_host'. I'm not sure what the implications are (?) > > > > > > Nevermind. The call is in scsi_module.c. > > > > Which, btw really need to go away. If you want to resurrect the > > ISA drivers they need to be converted to proper probing. > > Yes. I didn't do that conversion because I don't have ISA hardware and I > don't understand ISA probing. > > The present patch set doesn't seek to resurrect the ISA drivers. But I am > trying to avoid regressions. > > I have mixed feelings about the ISA drivers. ISA DMA support complicates > things (it was never completed) and DMA seems to be the main obstacle to > merging the two core driver forks.
IIRC, my ISA cards can't do DMA either.
-- Ondrej Zary
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