Messages in this thread |  | | | Date | Thu, 23 Oct 2008 08:33:49 +0200 | | From | Jens Axboe <> | | Subject | Re: [PATCH 2/2] libata: switch to using block layer tagging support | |
On Wed, Oct 22 2008, Jeff Garzik wrote:
> Jens Axboe wrote:> >libata currently has a pretty dumb ATA_MAX_QUEUE loop for finding
> >a free tag to use. Instead of fixing that up, convert libata to
> >using block layer tagging - gets rid of code in libata, and is also
> >much faster.> >> >Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>
> >---
> > drivers/ata/libata-core.c | 66
> > ++++----------------------------------------
> > drivers/ata/libata-scsi.c | 10 +++++-
> > drivers/ata/libata.h | 19 +++++++++++-
> > include/linux/libata.h | 1 -
> > 4 files changed, 31 insertions(+), 65 deletions(-)> > Just to be sure, I take it this patch series is for 2.6.29?
Sure yes, it was written and tested just the other day :-)
> Seems nice to have, but since it wasn't ready for the merge window
> opening...
Indeed, but it can certainly wait for 2.6.29.
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Jens Axboe
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