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On Fri, 27 Jun 2003 12:48:22 +0200 Jens Axboe <axboe@suse.de> wrote: -- snip -- > > Is it ok to have a possibility of a request with conflicting > > meanings attached to it? For example REQ_CMD | REQ_PM_SHUTDOWN > > | REQ_SPECIAL. > > No of course not. -- snip -- > > Shouldn`t it make more sense to separate request-type-indicator > > flags into a separate unambiguous type field, which would take > > one of the following values: - read/write request - sense query > > - power control - special request > > > > And not a currently possible combination of all of them, which > > seem to be the current situation. > > There has been talk of that before, search the archives. Umm, i`ve tried and failed, couldn`t you share some vague pointers about the topic or something? I`m sorry, but my curiosity prevailed over hesitation to bother you :-) > > -- > Jens Axboe > > -- regards, Samium Gromoff -- - 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/ | ||||||||||||
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