From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S270081AbTGUM1k (ORCPT ); Mon, 21 Jul 2003 08:27:40 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S269981AbTGUMZZ (ORCPT ); Mon, 21 Jul 2003 08:25:25 -0400 Received: from filesrv1.baby-dragons.com ([199.33.245.55]:54417 "EHLO filesrv1.baby-dragons.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S269961AbTGUMY4 (ORCPT ); Mon, 21 Jul 2003 08:24:56 -0400 Date: Mon, 21 Jul 2003 08:39:50 -0400 (EDT) From: "Mr. James W. Laferriere" To: Jens Axboe cc: Sean , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] "blk: request botched" error on floppy write In-Reply-To: <20030721123331.GE10781@suse.de> Message-ID: References: <794001c34e24$d8f83440$7f0a0a0a@lappy7> <20030721123331.GE10781@suse.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Hello Jens , If it is fixable , ME !-) . Tnx , JimL On Mon, 21 Jul 2003, Jens Axboe wrote: > On Sat, Jul 19 2003, Sean wrote: > > The floppy drive appears to be working for some people with the > > 2.6 kernel as is. However, there have also been reports of some > > problems (see http://bugme.osdl.org/show_bug.cgi?id=654 ) > > > > The attached patch against 2.6.0-test1 fixes the problem on all the > > machines i've tested. > > So floppy has a problem with clustered requests? Your patch doesn't fix > that bug, it masks it. > > Question is, if we should just accept that and move on. I mean, who > really cares? > > -- +------------------------------------------------------------------+ | James W. Laferriere | System Techniques | Give me VMS | | Network Engineer | P.O. Box 854 | Give me Linux | | babydr@baby-dragons.com | Coudersport PA 16915 | only on AXP | +------------------------------------------------------------------+