Re: v2.6 vs v3.0

Trever L. Adams
2002-09-29T15:53:43Z

On Sun, 2002-09-29 at 11:45, Jens Axboe wrote:
> How many accounts of the new block layer corrupting data have you been
> aware of? Since 2.5.1-preX when bio was introduced, I know of one such
> bug: floppy, due to the partial completion changes. Hardly critical.
>
> --
> Jens Axboe

Sorry Jens, I never meant to imply I had heard of any since that floppy
bug. I just understand there were some problems at the beginning.
Also, I haven't been able to follow LKM as well as I would have liked
lately, but a few months ago, in one of the many IDE bash sessions that
have happened in 2.5.x I read a few people blaiming some of the problems
on interactions between the new block layer and the IDE layer.

Sorry about the worries. I am just trying to be cautious. I am
guessing you are saying that the block layer is now solid? If this is
the case, it sure knocks a few of my worries out of the ball park and I
will be that much closer to trying out 2.5.x myself.

Trever ADams