On Sat, 9 Feb 2008, Matthew Wilcox wrote: > On Sat, Feb 09, 2008 at 02:12:07PM -0500, Robert P. J. Day wrote: > > On Sat, 9 Feb 2008, Matthew Wilcox wrote: > > > On Sat, Feb 09, 2008 at 11:54:43AM -0500, Robert P. J. Day wrote: > > > > just an observation that, even though 53c7xx content has been > > > > officially removed, there are still a few droppings hanging around the > > > > tree: > > > > > > Erm. It's not just a driver, it's also the name of some chips. > > > > > > > $ grep -r 53c7xx * > > > > arch/m68k/Makefile:# without -fno-strength-reduce the 53c7xx.c driver > > > > fails ;-( > > > > > > Ask the m68k guys. Obviously, the comment can go away, but maybe they > > > want to remove -fno-strength-reduce now ...? > > > > > > > Documentation/scsi/sym53c8xx_2.txt:by the 53c7xx and 53c8xx family. > > > > Documentation/scsi/ncr53c8xx.txt:by the 53c7xx and 53c8xx family. > > > > drivers/scsi/zalon.c: * Zalon 53c7xx device driver. > > > > > > Here it's being used as the name of the chip. > > > > > > > drivers/scsi/a4000t.c: * plus modifications of the 53c7xx.c driver to > > > > support the Amiga. > > > > drivers/scsi/zorro7xx.c: * plus modifications of the 53c7xx.c driver to > > > > support the Amiga. > > > > > > This is part of the credit being given to Alan Hourihane. I don't see > > > how you can remove it. > > > > sorry, i wasn't suggesting removing *all* of that, just doing a > > mindless grep and posting the results. whether anyone wants to > > process any of that is their call. > > I was suggesting ways you could turn that mindless grep into a useful > contribution. Whether you want to follow those suggestions is up to > you.
ok, point taken. rday -- ======================================================================== Robert P. J. Day Linux Consulting, Training and Annoying Kernel Pedantry Waterloo, Ontario, CANADA Home page: http://crashcourse.ca Fedora Cookbook: http://crashcourse.ca/wiki/index.php/Fedora_Cookbook ======================================================================== - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-scsi" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
