Re: [patch 4/6] ps3: Disk Storage Driver

[patch 0/6] PS3 Storage Drivers for 2.6.23, take 2 · Geert Uytterhoeven <hidden> · 2007-06-15
[patch 2/6] ps3: Storage Driver Core · Geert Uytterhoeven <hidden> · 2007-06-15
[patch 5/6] ps3: ROM Storage Driver · Geert Uytterhoeven <hidden> · 2007-06-15
Re: [patch 5/6] ps3: ROM Storage Driver · Milton Miller <hidden> · 2007-06-18
Re: [patch 5/6] ps3: ROM Storage Driver · Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de> · 2007-06-19
Re: [patch 5/6] ps3: ROM Storage Driver · Geert Uytterhoeven <hidden> · 2007-06-19
Re: [patch 5/6] ps3: ROM Storage Driver · Milton Miller <hidden> · 2007-06-20
Re: [patch 5/6] ps3: ROM Storage Driver · Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de> · 2007-06-19
[patch 6/6] ps3: FLASH ROM Storage Driver · Geert Uytterhoeven <hidden> · 2007-06-15
Re: [patch 6/6] ps3: FLASH ROM Storage Driver · Milton Miller <hidden> · 2007-06-18
Re: [patch 6/6] ps3: FLASH ROM Storage Driver · Geert Uytterhoeven <hidden> · 2007-06-19
[patch 1/6] ps3: Preallocate bootmem memory for the PS3 FLASH ROM storage driver · Geert Uytterhoeven <hidden> · 2007-06-15
Re: [patch 1/6] ps3: Preallocate bootmem memory for the PS3 FLASH ROM storage driver · Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org> · 2007-06-15
Re: [patch 1/6] ps3: Preallocate bootmem memory for the PS3 FLASH ROM storage driver · Geert Uytterhoeven <hidden> · 2007-06-15
Re: [patch 1/6] ps3: Preallocate bootmem memory for the PS3 FLASH · Milton Miller <hidden> · 2007-06-18
Re: [patch 1/6] ps3: Preallocate bootmem memory for the PS3 FLASH · Geert Uytterhoeven <hidden> · 2007-06-19
[patch 3/6] PS3: Storage device registration routines. · Geert Uytterhoeven <hidden> · 2007-06-15
[patch 4/6] ps3: Disk Storage Driver · Geert Uytterhoeven <hidden> · 2007-06-15
Re: [patch 4/6] ps3: Disk Storage Driver · David Woodhouse <dwmw2@infradead.org> · 2007-06-15
Re: [patch 4/6] ps3: Disk Storage Driver · Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de> · 2007-06-15
Re: [patch 4/6] ps3: Disk Storage Driver · Geert Uytterhoeven <hidden> · 2007-06-15
Re: [patch 4/6] ps3: Disk Storage Driver · Alan Cox <hidden> · 2007-06-15
Re: [patch 4/6] ps3: Disk Storage Driver · Geert Uytterhoeven <hidden> · 2007-06-15
Re: [patch 4/6] ps3: Disk Storage Driver · David Miller <davem@davemloft.net> · 2007-06-15
Re: [patch 4/6] ps3: Disk Storage Driver · James Bottomley <hidden> · 2007-06-15
Re: [patch 4/6] ps3: Disk Storage Driver · David Miller <davem@davemloft.net> · 2007-06-15
Re: [patch 4/6] ps3: Disk Storage Driver · James Bottomley <hidden> · 2007-06-15
Re: [patch 4/6] ps3: Disk Storage Driver · David Miller <davem@davemloft.net> · 2007-06-15
Re: [patch 4/6] ps3: Disk Storage Driver · Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de> · 2007-06-19
Re: [patch 4/6] ps3: Disk Storage Driver · David Miller <davem@davemloft.net> · 2007-06-19
Re: [patch 4/6] ps3: Disk Storage Driver · Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de> · 2007-06-19
Re: [patch 4/6] ps3: Disk Storage Driver · Alan Cox <hidden> · 2007-06-15
Re: [patch 4/6] ps3: Disk Storage Driver · Geert Uytterhoeven <hidden> · 2007-06-16
Re: [patch 4/6] ps3: Disk Storage Driver · Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de> · 2007-06-19
Re: [patch 4/6] ps3: Disk Storage Driver · David Miller <davem@davemloft.net> · 2007-06-19
Re: [patch 4/6] ps3: Disk Storage Driver · Geert Uytterhoeven <hidden> · 2007-06-19
Re: [patch 4/6] ps3: Disk Storage Driver · David Miller <davem@davemloft.net> · 2007-06-15
Re: [patch 4/6] ps3: Disk Storage Driver · Jeff Garzik <hidden> · 2007-06-15
Re: [patch 4/6] ps3: Disk Storage Driver · David Miller <davem@davemloft.net> · 2007-06-15
Re: [patch 4/6] ps3: Disk Storage Driver · Jeff Garzik <hidden> · 2007-06-15
Re: [patch 4/6] ps3: Disk Storage Driver · David Miller <davem@davemloft.net> · 2007-06-15
Re: [patch 4/6] ps3: Disk Storage Driver · Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de> · 2007-06-19
Re: [patch 4/6] ps3: Disk Storage Driver · Geert Uytterhoeven <hidden> · 2007-06-19
Re: [patch 4/6] ps3: Disk Storage Driver · Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de> · 2007-06-19

From: Alan Cox <hidden>
Date: 2007-06-15 16:11:39
Also in: linux-scsi, lkml

quoted

Any particular reason why this is done as a separate block device driver
rather than as SCSI?

Because no new fake SCSI drivers are accepted anymore.

Where did drivers/ata come from ;)

How about making it a fake ata driver if James is being fussy 8)

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