Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 16 Feb 2006 19:02:59 +0000 | From | Russell King <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 4/8] block: convert IDE to use blk_kmap helpers |
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On Thu, Feb 16, 2006 at 10:10:59AM -0800, Linus Torvalds wrote: > On Thu, 16 Feb 2006, Russell King wrote: > > Linus - can we merge Tejun's patches so that we have an IDE subsystem > > which works on ARM platforms please? If James wants to come up with > > another solution later on, I'm sure we can transition all drivers > > over to that new solution once we know what it is. Until then, can > > we please fix the bug? > > I'm assuming this isn't a regression, and that it's just been that way > forever. If so, I'm going to vote for it being merged after 2.6.16 is out. > We don't need more new stuff, and I think PXA users can either apply the > patches themselves, or wait a few weeks more.. > > But if this is actually a regression from 2.6.15, I want to know more > about it.
It's a long standing bug, so given that it can wait for post 2.6.16. I just didn't want to have this situation continuing indefinitely.
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