From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jens Axboe Subject: Re: [patch 0/4] ide: Break ide_lock to per-hwgroup lock Date: Wed, 7 Sep 2005 11:19:24 +0200 Message-ID: <20050907091923.GE4785@suse.de> References: <20050906233322.GA3642@localhost.localdomain> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Received: from ns.virtualhost.dk ([195.184.98.160]:19419 "EHLO virtualhost.dk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751109AbVIGJTq (ORCPT ); Wed, 7 Sep 2005 05:19:46 -0400 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20050906233322.GA3642@localhost.localdomain> Sender: linux-ide-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org To: Ravikiran G Thirumalai Cc: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz , linux-ide@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, "Shai Fultheim (Shai@scalex86.org)" , Alok Kataria On Tue, Sep 06 2005, Ravikiran G Thirumalai wrote: > The following patchset breaks down the global ide_lock to per-hwgroup lock. > We have taken the following approach. Curious, what is the point of this? -- Jens Axboe