Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Mon, 3 Dec 2001 20:45:51 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Mon, 3 Dec 2001 19:14:10 -0500 Received: from ns.virtualhost.dk ([195.184.98.160]:1292 "EHLO virtualhost.dk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Mon, 3 Dec 2001 15:52:23 -0500 Date: Mon, 3 Dec 2001 21:52:02 +0100 From: Jens Axboe To: Richard Gooch Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: 2.5.1-pre5 not easy to boot with devfs Message-ID: <20011203215202.G5176@suse.de> In-Reply-To: <200112021802.fB2I2iE10476@vindaloo.ras.ucalgary.ca> <20011203135842.A5176@suse.de> <200112031906.fB3J6X323874@vindaloo.ras.ucalgary.ca> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200112031906.fB3J6X323874@vindaloo.ras.ucalgary.ca> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Mon, Dec 03 2001, Richard Gooch wrote: > Jens Axboe writes: > > On Sun, Dec 02 2001, Richard Gooch wrote: > > > And 2.5 isn't going to get a lot of testing until the breakage caused > > > by the bio changes is fixed. At the moment, I can't even test it > > > myself. > > > > I'll just go read your bug rapport and fix it right up. > > It wasn't meant as a criticism of the changes. I'm glad to see someone > working on fixing the bio layer. It's just not ready for widespread > testing yet (crude measurement: if it breaks for me, it's not ready > for the masses ;-). Once I surface from this round of devfs cleanups, > I'll pause for breath and try again with 2.5. If I still have > problems, I'll let you know. No seriously, I want to know if something is broken so it can get fixed. bio core is indeed stable, if something breaks it's drivers. And they need fixing right away. At least until I break every single block driver out there again in a few days. And no, I'm not kidding. -- 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/