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authorLinus Torvalds2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700
committerLinus Torvalds2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700
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Initial git repository build. I'm not bothering with the full history, even though we have it. We can create a separate "historical" git archive of that later if we want to, and in the meantime it's about 3.2GB when imported into git - space that would just make the early git days unnecessarily complicated, when we don't have a lot of good infrastructure for it. Let it rip!
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+ Linux I2O Support (c) Copyright 1999 Red Hat Software
+ and others.
+
+ This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
+ as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version
+ 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+AUTHORS (so far)
+
+Alan Cox, Building Number Three Ltd.
+ Core code, SCSI and Block OSMs
+
+Steve Ralston, LSI Logic Corp.
+ Debugging SCSI and Block OSM
+
+Deepak Saxena, Intel Corp.
+ Various core/block extensions
+ /proc interface, bug fixes
+ Ioctl interfaces for control
+ Debugging LAN OSM
+
+Philip Rumpf
+ Fixed assorted dumb SMP locking bugs
+
+Juha Sievanen, University of Helsinki Finland
+ LAN OSM code
+ /proc interface to LAN class
+ Bug fixes
+ Core code extensions
+
+Auvo Häkkinen, University of Helsinki Finland
+ LAN OSM code
+ /Proc interface to LAN class
+ Bug fixes
+ Core code extensions
+
+Taneli Vähäkangas, University of Helsinki Finland
+ Fixes to i2o_config
+
+CREDITS
+
+ This work was made possible by
+
+Red Hat Software
+ Funding for the Building #3 part of the project
+
+Symbios Logic (Now LSI)
+ Host adapters, hints, known to work platforms when I hit
+ compatibility problems
+
+BoxHill Corporation
+ Loan of initial FibreChannel disk array used for development work.
+
+European Comission
+ Funding the work done by the University of Helsinki
+
+SysKonnect
+ Loan of FDDI and Gigabit Ethernet cards
+
+ASUSTeK
+ Loan of I2O motherboard
+
+STATUS:
+
+o The core setup works within limits.
+o The scsi layer seems to almost work.
+ I'm still chasing down the hang bug.
+o The block OSM is mostly functional
+o LAN OSM works with FDDI and Ethernet cards.
+
+TO DO:
+
+General:
+o Provide hidden address space if asked
+o Long term message flow control
+o PCI IOP's without interrupts are not supported yet
+o Push FAIL handling into the core
+o DDM control interfaces for module load etc
+o Add I2O 2.0 support (Deffered to 2.5 kernel)
+
+Block:
+o Multiple major numbers
+o Read ahead and cache handling stuff. Talk to Ingo and people
+o Power management
+o Finish Media changers
+
+SCSI:
+o Find the right way to associate drives/luns/busses
+
+Lan:
+o Performance tuning
+o Test Fibre Channel code
+
+Tape:
+o Anyone seen anything implementing this ?
+ (D.S: Will attempt to do so if spare cycles permit)