ide_scsi module on FC2

Willem Riede wrrhdev at riede.org
Sun Jul 18 17:59:06 UTC 2004


On 07/09/2004 12:45:47 PM, Alan Cox wrote:
> > ide_scsi has been deprecated in the 2.6 kernel.  Advise Tapeware support
> > that unless they get their act together pretty quick, their software will
> > become quickly obsolete, as everyone migrates to 2.6.
> 
> Please don't spread misinformation. ide-scsi is an essential part of the 2.6
> kernel and beyond, and it is essential for IDE tape drivers and also
> for CD multichangers
> 
> Its essentially a Red Hat misjudgement that it isn't included but when
> asked to put it back Arjan has pointed out that turning it back on for
> everyone mid release might cause problems in some setups.

So one would have thought that the beta for FC3 would be the right time to
re-enable it, right? Wrong, appearently, it's not there :-(

Sigh, Willem Riede.





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