From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S274916AbTGaXOv (ORCPT ); Thu, 31 Jul 2003 19:14:51 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S274915AbTGaXOu (ORCPT ); Thu, 31 Jul 2003 19:14:50 -0400 Received: from parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk ([195.92.249.252]:31972 "EHLO www.linux.org.uk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S274913AbTGaXOa (ORCPT ); Thu, 31 Jul 2003 19:14:30 -0400 Date: Fri, 1 Aug 2003 00:14:28 +0100 From: Matthew Wilcox To: "Mukker, Atul" Cc: "'Jens Axboe'" , "Bagalkote, Sreenivas" , "'linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org'" , "'linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org'" , "'linux-megaraid-devel@dell.com'" Subject: Re: [ANNOUNCE] megaraid 2.00.6 patch for kernels without hostlock Message-ID: <20030731231428.GP22222@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk> References: <0E3FA95632D6D047BA649F95DAB60E570185F3CF@EXA-ATLANTA.se.lsil.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <0E3FA95632D6D047BA649F95DAB60E570185F3CF@EXA-ATLANTA.se.lsil.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Thu, Jul 31, 2003 at 05:10:50PM -0400, Mukker, Atul wrote: > > Well, that's definitely a good idea. Expect a new driver with this change. > BTW, is there a kernel version beyond which all versions would support per > host lock, and I mean a 2.4.x kernel :-) that's a pretty dangerous change to make to a stable kernel. much better to work on stabilising 2.6. -- "It's not Hollywood. War is real, war is primarily not about defeat or victory, it is about death. I've seen thousands and thousands of dead bodies. Do you think I want to have an academic debate on this subject?" -- Robert Fisk