From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S267511AbUHJRoY (ORCPT ); Tue, 10 Aug 2004 13:44:24 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S267528AbUHJRnS (ORCPT ); Tue, 10 Aug 2004 13:43:18 -0400 Received: from mion.elka.pw.edu.pl ([194.29.160.35]:8616 "EHLO mion.elka.pw.edu.pl") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S267547AbUHJRVp (ORCPT ); Tue, 10 Aug 2004 13:21:45 -0400 To: Alan Cox Subject: Re: IDE hackery: lock fixes and hotplug controller stuff Date: Tue, 10 Aug 2004 19:16:17 +0200 User-Agent: KMail/1.6.2 Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-ide@vger.kernel.org References: <20040810161911.GA10565@devserv.devel.redhat.com> In-Reply-To: <20040810161911.GA10565@devserv.devel.redhat.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200408101916.17489.bzolnier@elka.pw.edu.pl> From: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Hi, On Tuesday 10 August 2004 18:19, Alan Cox wrote: > Apply this patch at your peril. Its a work in progress but my IDE exposure > meter is beeping and the sick bucket needs emptying 8) Could you please split it off on separate patches? - it is easier for everybody to review and comment them - some changes just can't defend themselves when are not the part of the bigger patch > - Remove unsafe and essentially unfixable proc code for flipping > between ide-cd and ide-scsi. Its no longer relevant with SG_IO. Shouldn't we deprecate it first...? > - Added pci IDE helpers to do hot unplug Locking for ide_hwifs[] should be added first... [ I'm still on vacations but I'm watching what's going on... ] Bartlomiej