Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1030366AbWBPTDI (ORCPT ); Thu, 16 Feb 2006 14:03:08 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S932344AbWBPTDH (ORCPT ); Thu, 16 Feb 2006 14:03:07 -0500 Received: from caramon.arm.linux.org.uk ([212.18.232.186]:51210 "EHLO caramon.arm.linux.org.uk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932319AbWBPTDG (ORCPT ); Thu, 16 Feb 2006 14:03:06 -0500 Date: Thu, 16 Feb 2006 19:02:59 +0000 From: Russell King To: Linus Torvalds Cc: Tejun Heo , Matt Reimer , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/8] block: convert IDE to use blk_kmap helpers Message-ID: <20060216190259.GH29443@flint.arm.linux.org.uk> Mail-Followup-To: Linus Torvalds , Tejun Heo , Matt Reimer , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org References: <11371658562541-git-send-email-htejun@gmail.com> <1137165856390-git-send-email-htejun@gmail.com> <43F28C4E.1090104@gmail.com> <20060216180125.GE29443@flint.arm.linux.org.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1287 Lines: 28 On Thu, Feb 16, 2006 at 10:10:59AM -0800, Linus Torvalds wrote: > On Thu, 16 Feb 2006, Russell King wrote: > > Linus - can we merge Tejun's patches so that we have an IDE subsystem > > which works on ARM platforms please? If James wants to come up with > > another solution later on, I'm sure we can transition all drivers > > over to that new solution once we know what it is. Until then, can > > we please fix the bug? > > I'm assuming this isn't a regression, and that it's just been that way > forever. If so, I'm going to vote for it being merged after 2.6.16 is out. > We don't need more new stuff, and I think PXA users can either apply the > patches themselves, or wait a few weeks more.. > > But if this is actually a regression from 2.6.15, I want to know more > about it. It's a long standing bug, so given that it can wait for post 2.6.16. I just didn't want to have this situation continuing indefinitely. -- Russell King Linux kernel 2.6 ARM Linux - http://www.arm.linux.org.uk/ maintainer of: 2.6 Serial core - 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/