RE: PATCH 2.5.2-pre9 scsi cleanup

Cameron, Steve (Steve.Cameron@COMPAQ.com)
Tue, 8 Jan 2002 11:19:32 -0600


Martin Dalecki [mailto:dalecki@evision-ventures.com] wrote,
regarding removal of scsi_device_types[] from drivers/scsi/scsi.c

> Cameron, Steve wrote:
[...]
> >Hmmm, I was using that.... (In, for example,
> >the cciss patch here: http://www.geocities.com/smcameron
> >It's not any big deal, though.)
> >
> Precisely this "not any big deal" is the point: It was the wrong
> approach to a trivial problem ;-).

So what's the right approach? I can invent my own easily enough,
but each driver doing its own thing doesn't seem right. I assumed
that it was in scsi.c foi common usage, so each driver that wanted
to say, use these device type strings in diagnostic messages or
some such wouldn't have to reinvent this wheel, and so all the
drivers would consistently use the same names. Will it be
replaced with something else?

Just want to know so I don't waste (even more :-) time
doing something dumb.

Thanks,

-- steve
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