Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Tue, 23 Jul 2002 16:10:23 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Tue, 23 Jul 2002 16:10:22 -0400 Received: from astound-64-85-224-253.ca.astound.net ([64.85.224.253]:53512 "EHLO master.linux-ide.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Tue, 23 Jul 2002 16:10:22 -0400 Date: Tue, 23 Jul 2002 13:08:35 -0700 (PDT) From: Andre Hedrick To: Jan Harkes cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: please DON'T run 2.5.27 with IDE! In-Reply-To: <20020723195231.GA14288@ravel.coda.cs.cmu.edu> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1394 Lines: 34 On Tue, 23 Jul 2002, Jan Harkes wrote: > On Tue, Jul 23, 2002 at 03:58:58PM +0200, Marcin Dalecki wrote: > > That's actually not true... At least the setting of the > > request rq->flags is significantly different here and there. > > However I think but I'm not sure that the fact aht we have rq->special > > != NULL here has the hidded side effect that we indeed accomplish the > > same semantics. > > > > >And yes it will be useful to move it to block layer. > > > > Done. Just needs testing. I have at least an ZIP parport drive, which > > allows me to do some basic checks. > > Ehh, you are testing all those IDE changes with a ZIP drive connected to > the parallel port? Don't you have any real IDE devices?? I'm sure we can > all chip in and buy you a drive if you need one. Would be faster to get a real maintainer, but nobody cares about actually finishing 2.5 or they would find one that could actually make it work proper. Andre Hedrick LAD Storage Consulting Group ------------------------------------------------------- 2.4, has crappy code, an arse-hole maintainer, and a working safe driver. 2.5, erm "Two of Three, ain't BAD" - 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/