Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261157AbTIKI1h (ORCPT ); Thu, 11 Sep 2003 04:27:37 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261161AbTIKI1h (ORCPT ); Thu, 11 Sep 2003 04:27:37 -0400 Received: from ns.virtualhost.dk ([195.184.98.160]:51692 "EHLO virtualhost.dk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261157AbTIKI1g (ORCPT ); Thu, 11 Sep 2003 04:27:36 -0400 Date: Thu, 11 Sep 2003 10:20:57 +0200 From: Jens Axboe To: "Martin J. Bligh" Cc: Andrew Morton , Mike Fedyk , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-mm@kvack.org Subject: Re: ide-scsi oops was: 2.6.0-test4-mm3 Message-ID: <20030911082057.GP1396@suse.de> References: <20030910114346.025fdb59.akpm@osdl.org> <10720000.1063224243@flay> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <10720000.1063224243@flay> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 976 Lines: 27 On Wed, Sep 10 2003, Martin J. Bligh wrote: > >> I have another oops for you with 2.6.0-test4-mm3-1 and ide-scsi. > > > > ide-scsi is a dead duck. defunct. kaput. Don't use it. It's only being > > kept around for weirdo things like IDE-based tape drives, scanners, etc. > > > > Just use /dev/hdX directly. > > That's a real shame ... it seemed to work fine until recently. Some > of the DVD writers (eg the one I have - Sony DRU500A or whatever) Then maybe it would be a really good idea to find out why it doesn't work with ide-cd. What are the symptoms? > need it. Is it unfixable? or just nobody's done it? It's not unfixable, there's just not a lot of motivation to fix it since it's basically dead. -- Jens Axboe - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/