From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Thu, 16 Aug 2001 01:50:24 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Thu, 16 Aug 2001 01:50:14 -0400 Received: from fe090.worldonline.dk ([212.54.64.152]:55561 "HELO fe090.worldonline.dk") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id ; Thu, 16 Aug 2001 01:50:03 -0400 Date: Thu, 16 Aug 2001 07:52:27 +0200 From: Jens Axboe To: "David S. Miller" Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, andrea@suse.de Subject: Re: [patch] zero-bounce highmem I/O Message-ID: <20010816075227.G4352@suse.de> In-Reply-To: <20010815140740.A4352@suse.de> <20010815.053524.48804759.davem@redhat.com> <20010815151052.C4352@suse.de> <20010815.070204.39155321.davem@redhat.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20010815.070204.39155321.davem@redhat.com> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Wed, Aug 15 2001, David S. Miller wrote: > From: Jens Axboe > Date: Wed, 15 Aug 2001 15:10:52 +0200 > > On Wed, Aug 15 2001, David S. Miller wrote: > > The only truly problematic area is the alt_address thing. > > It is would be a nice thing to rip this eyesore out of the scsi > > layer anyways. > > The SCSI issue was exactly what was on my mind, and is indeed the reason > why I didn't go all the way and did a complete conversion there. The > SCSI layer is _not_ very clean in this regard, didn't exactly enjoy this > part of the work... > > I just took a quick look at this, and I think I can make this > alt_address thing into a scsi-layer-specific mechanism and > thus be able to safely remove it from struct scatterlist. > > Would you like me to whip up such a set of changes? I'll be > more than happy to work on it. Yes please, that'd be great. -- Jens Axboe