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From: Rob Radez <rob@osinvestor.com>
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On Sat, 19 Jan 2002, Andre Hedrick wrote:

>
> Please don't do that.  There is a fatal flaw in those patches we all
> observed in 2.5.3pre1.  I have 2.4.16 as a possible candidate and
> auto-patching for 2.4.17 at the moment.

On Wed, 16 Jan 2002, Andre Hedrick wrote:
> If the driver falls out of DMA, DEADBOX!!!!
> There is a conflict of BIO and ACB and it is very fatal.

It was my impression that the problem with 2.5.3-pre1 was a complication
that existed only because of bio in 2.5.  Oops.  I assume this means then
that all of us running your ide.2.4.16.12102001.patch should immediately
revert so Bad Things don't happen?

Regards,
Rob Radez

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