Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 27 Nov 2001 23:09:55 +0100 | From | Christoph Hellwig <> | Subject | Re: 2.5.1-pre2 does not compile |
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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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