Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Tue, 27 Nov 2001 16:40:44 -0800 (PST) | From | Andre Hedrick <> | Subject | Re: 2.5.1-pre2 does not compile |
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Given that block is in the transition period, would you consider a schedule of when you are taking patchs ?
Regard,
Andre Hedrick Linux Disk Certification Project Linux ATA Development
On Tue, 27 Nov 2001, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> In article <200111272044.fARKiTv13653@db0bm.ampr.org>, > f5ibh <f5ibh@db0bm.ampr.org> wrote: > > > >I've the following error : > > Yes. > > The next-generation block-layer support is starting to be merged into > the 2.5.x tree, and that breaks old drivers that haven't been updated to > the new locking. > > In particular, there used to be _one_ lock for the whole IO system > ("io_request_lock"), and these days it's a per-block-queue lock. > > 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, > > Linus > - > 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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