[2801] in linux-scsi channel archive
Re: Beta testers needed for new scsi exception handling code.
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Eric Youngdale)
Wed Nov 12 23:32:07 1997
Date: Wed, 12 Nov 1997 23:32:20 -0500 (EST)
From: Eric Youngdale <eric@andante.jic.com>
To: linux-scsi@vger.rutgers.edu
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.3.95.971027082216.385I-100000@andante.jic.com>
I notice from the download logs that lots of people have snarfed
the diffs, but I don't know whether this is just a bunch of 'bots that are
caching various sites, or whether people are trying it. If people have
been trying the patches without any problems, please let me know.
For the rest of you, the diffs are on andante.jic.com in
pub/scsi/scsi2159.diff. If I don't hear of any problems in the next week
or two, I will send the whole kit-and-kaboodle off to Linus.
-Eric
"The woods are lovely, dark and deep. But I have promises to keep,
And lines to code before I sleep, And lines to code before I sleep."
On Mon, 27 Oct 1997, Eric Youngdale wrote:
>
> I am looking for a group of beta testers who are willing to test a
> large batch of patches which effectively replace much of the scsi
> exception and error handling code in the linux kernel. There are a few
> new features as well, but the main point is to come up with something
> which should be adapable, and also be more friendly to BSD derived
> drivers.
>
> My current patches are against 2.1.59. The obvious disclaimers
> still apply - don't try this on a system that has critical data, and I
> recommend that you backup your system before trying this.
>
> Much of the power of the new error handling code will have to be
> unleashed by the individual driver authors - at this point I mainly want
> to make sure that the compatibility code to deal with drivers that haven't
> been converted is 100% stable.
>
> -Eric
>
>
>
> "The woods are lovely, dark and deep. But I have promises to keep,
> And lines to code before I sleep, And lines to code before I sleep."
>
>
