From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Mark Lord Subject: Re: Kernel bug crashing in HDIO_DRIVE_TASKFILE Date: Wed, 25 Feb 2009 17:43:49 -0500 Message-ID: <49A5C9A5.20005@rtr.ca> References: <82AA7849DFA14958B6A74CB6ED0B591B@DIAMOND8600> <26917692A9574F3A9363ED5253B42D2F@DIAMOND8600> <49A570DB.8090401@rtr.ca> <200902252035.05347.bzolnier@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from rtr.ca ([76.10.145.34]:36956 "EHLO mail.rtr.ca" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1755636AbZBYWnw (ORCPT ); Wed, 25 Feb 2009 17:43:52 -0500 In-Reply-To: Sender: linux-ide-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org To: Norman Diamond Cc: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz , Chuck Ebbert , linux-ide@vger.kernel.org, Jens Axboe Norman Diamond wrote: > > Meanwhile I also can't help wondering, if Mark Lord has patched drivers/ide > to make it work, why has he delayed submitting the patches? .. There's simply too much churn in drivers/ide for me to keep up with, and my patches won't apply to kernels from the past year. Drivers/ide is on the way out FAST now, and any new systems that still use it are mostly based on older kernels, where patches like mine are inappropriate for maintenance point releases. Libata should be used for any new setup that doesn't have a strict legacy requirement now. Cheers