Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Tue, 6 Feb 2001 20:05:12 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Tue, 6 Feb 2001 20:04:52 -0500 Received: from vger.timpanogas.org ([207.109.151.240]:18 "EHLO vger.timpanogas.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Tue, 6 Feb 2001 20:04:46 -0500 Date: Tue, 6 Feb 2001 18:59:32 -0700 From: "Jeff V. Merkey" To: Ingo Molnar Cc: Linus Torvalds , "Stephen C. Tweedie" , Ben LaHaise , Alan Cox , Manfred Spraul , Steve Lord , Linux Kernel List , kiobuf-io-devel@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [Kiobuf-io-devel] RFC: Kernel mechanism: Compound event wait Message-ID: <20010206185932.A23960@vger.timpanogas.org> In-Reply-To: <20010206185115.A23754@vger.timpanogas.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0.1i In-Reply-To: ; from mingo@elte.hu on Wed, Feb 07, 2001 at 02:01:54AM +0100 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Wed, Feb 07, 2001 at 02:01:54AM +0100, Ingo Molnar wrote: > > On Tue, 6 Feb 2001, Jeff V. Merkey wrote: > > > I remember Linus asking to try this variable buffer head chaining > > thing 512-1024-512 kind of stuff several months back, and mixing them > > to see what would happen -- result. About half the drivers break with > > it. [...] > > time to fix them then - instead of rewriting the rest of the kernel ;-) > > Ingo I agree. Jeff - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/