Re: [PATCH] 2.4 IDE core for 2.5

From: Roy Sigurd Karlsbakk <roy@karlsbakk.net>
To: Jens Axboe <axboe@suse.de>,
	Linux Kernel <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
	linux-ide@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] 2.4 IDE core for 2.5
Date: Tue, 9 Jul 2002 13:13:07 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <200207091313.07199.roy@karlsbakk.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20020709102249.GA20870@suse.de>

hi

Should I add IDE9[4567] as well, or does these ones include previous IDE 
pathes?

roy

On Tuesday 09 July 2002 12:22, Jens Axboe wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I've forward ported the 2.4 IDE core (well 2.4.19-pre10-ac2 to be exact)
> to 2.5.25. It consists of 7 separate patches:
>
> 00_25ide-compile-1
> 	Fix 2.5 IDE compilation problem with ide_fix_driveid()
>
> 05_25pci-ids-1
> 	Add missing 2.4 IDE adapter pci ids
>
> 10_24ide-core-1
> 	Add 2.4 IDE core, modified for 2.5 changes
>
> 15_24-misc-bits-1
> 	various bits and pieces to make 2.4 IDE core work
>
> 20_split-ide-config-1
> 	Split 2.4 and 2.5 IDE configuration
>
> 25_ide-build-1
> 	allow 2.4 and 2.5 ide to be built
>
> 30_ide-scsi-1
> 	Add 2.4 ide-scsi version (note that 2.5 with 2.4 ide calls it
> 	ide-scsi24.o currently, I'll take patches to rectify that).
>
> Find them all here:
>
> *.kernel.org://pub/linux/kernel/people/axboe/patches/v2.5/2.5.25/
>
> So why did I do this? Well, I needed stable IDE for 2.5 testing and it
> was/is clear that 2.5 just isn't quite there yet. I intend to maintain
> this patch set until I deem 2.5 IDE stable enough (in code) that I'm
> willing to spend time on that instead. So the life span of this patch
> depends heavily on that. That said, I know of others who would like to
> be able to test 2.5 and not having to worry too much about the
> state-of-the-day of the IDE core. This patch set may be useful to them
> as well.
>
> Also some notes on why I _didn't_ do this. I didn't do it because I
> think Martin is a jerk or because 2.5 IDE is forever doomed. I didn't do
> this because Andre twisted my arm. I didn't do this because of some
> hidden agenda.
>
> That said, the patch works for me here. I've ripped out ide-tape and
> ide-floppy (frankly, I don't think it's worth my time updating these),
> but apart from that I think it's 2.4 feature complete. PIO multi count
> breaks for multi page bio's, if you intend to use that you should change
> MPAGE_BIO_MAX_SIZE as noted in fs/mpage.c. I'll fix that in the next
> iteration.

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