Re: linux-2.5.x-dj and SCSI error handling.

[Mr. James W. Laferriere]

	Hello Dave ,  Might be nice to also mention the drivers that were
	being complained about .  So there respective mantainers can
	benifit from your email .  Tia ,  JimL

On Sat, 27 Apr 2002, Dave Jones wrote:

> Folks, I just woke up to about a dozen reports of the same 'bug'
> all with patches which are so wrong they stand no chance of application
> by me or Linus, posting here is quicker than me pointing those people
> (and those who may follow them) to the answer.
>
> The recent patch from Christoph Hellwig which kills off
> the last remaining remnants of the old style SCSI error handling.
> The reason these drivers no longer compile due to missing 'abort' and
> 'reset' functions is due to the fact that they need converting to
> new-style error handling.
>
> For instructions on how to do this, read http://www.andante.org/scsi_eh.html
>
> For instructions on how not to this..
> o   Do not send me patches that just remove the reset: and abort:
>     functions. This gives us no error handling whatsoever.
> o   Do not send me patches re-adding the 'missing' reset & abort functions
>     to the Scsi_Host_Template struct.  This gets us nowhere.
> o   Yes, I know ide-scsi, and various other scsi drivers are broken.
>     Fix them, or be patient and wait for them to be fixed.
>     Dave.

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