Re: [GIT PATCH] firs round of SCSI bug fixes for 2.6.29-rc1

[Grant Grundler]

On Fri, Jan 16, 2009 at 11:10 AM, David Miller <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
...
>>
>> TBH, I still wouldn't implement it the way LSI maintainers did.
>> I'm happy they are the maintainers and it's their call.
>
> They are doing things which effect the entire system, not just
> their driver.  So this doesn't fall under "maintainer's rights"

Agreed. This case is about a debug option which is normally disabled.
So most people will never see this.

The thread was more about how to make the failure visible in a
sane way WITHOUT the debug flag enabled. Then when the
debug flag is enabled, panic the machine as well.

> If they fail locally, that's fine and perfectly expected, but to take
> the whole machine out is another matter altogether.

Agreed.

thanks,
grant
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