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    SubjectRe: 2.5.1-pre2 does not compile
    In article <9u0ua1$1g2$1@penguin.transmeta.com> you wrote:
    > In many cases the fix is as simple as just replacing the
    > "io_request_lock" with "host->host_lock", but sometimes this is
    > complicated by the need to pass the right data structures down far
    > enough..
    >
    > Many drivers have been converted (ie IDE, symbios, aic7xxx etc), but
    > many more have not (especially older SCSI drivers, in your case it's the
    > classic aha1542).
    >
    > It will probably take some time until most drivers have been converted.
    > Tested patches are more than welcome,

    While we are at breaking scsi, would you take a patch to remove the
    old-style (2.0) scsi error handling completly, forcing drivers still
    using it to be fixed? Early 2.5 looks like a good time for that to me..

    Christoph

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