From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Fri, 27 Jul 2001 12:19:38 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Fri, 27 Jul 2001 12:19:29 -0400 Received: from con-64-133-52-190-ria.sprinthome.com ([64.133.52.190]:44549 "EHLO ziggy.one-eyed-alien.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Fri, 27 Jul 2001 12:19:20 -0400 Date: Fri, 27 Jul 2001 09:18:58 -0700 From: Matthew Dharm To: Pavel Machek Cc: Linus Torvalds , Kernel Mailing List , Alexander Viro , "David S. Miller" , Andrea Arcangeli , Alan Cox , David Woodhouse , linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org, Andrew Morton Subject: Re: 2.4.7-pre9.. Message-ID: <20010727091858.C10787@one-eyed-alien.net> Mail-Followup-To: Pavel Machek , Linus Torvalds , Kernel Mailing List , Alexander Viro , "David S. Miller" , Andrea Arcangeli , Alan Cox , David Woodhouse , linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org, Andrew Morton In-Reply-To: <20010723125635.A35@toy.ucw.cz> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-md5; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="9Ek0hoCL9XbhcSqy" Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <20010723125635.A35@toy.ucw.cz>; from pavel@suse.cz on Mon, Jul 23, 2001 at 12:56:35PM +0000 Organization: One Eyed Alien Networks X-Copyright: (C) 2001 Matthew Dharm, all rights reserved. Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Original-Recipient: rfc822;linux-kernel-outgoing --9Ek0hoCL9XbhcSqy Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Oh damn.... It looks like I missed an important discussion in the torrent of e-mail that I receive... could someone give me the 30-second executive summary so I can look at what may need to change in usb-storage? Matt On Mon, Jul 23, 2001 at 12:56:35PM +0000, Pavel Machek wrote: > Hi! >=20 > > I've changed all generic code, so drivers are all expected to compile a= nd > > work. However, some SCSI drivers use the semaphore trick in their own > > code, and I've not mucked with that. It's not worth worrying about too > > much, as the race is basically impossible to hit (famous last words), b= ut >=20 > I smell problems in usb/storage/*... >=20 > > What about adding strategic udelay() somewhere so race is easier to hit? > > Pavel > --=20 > Philips Velo 1: 1"x4"x8", 300gram, 60, 12MB, 40bogomips, linux, mutt, > details at http://atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz/~pavel/velo/index.html. >=20 > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-scsi" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org --=20 Matthew Dharm Home: mdharm-usb@one-eyed-alien.= net=20 Maintainer, Linux USB Mass Storage Driver You should try to see the techs say "three piece suit". -- The Chief User Friendly, 11/23/1997 --9Ek0hoCL9XbhcSqy Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE7YZRxz64nssGU+ykRAteVAJ4wbWaeIfViRTi7CSGy0psN6V38NgCg6wCw Wr2CmZ/eXqX19nYSLdvgee8= =H8E1 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --9Ek0hoCL9XbhcSqy--