From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S271728AbTGRGiT (ORCPT ); Fri, 18 Jul 2003 02:38:19 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S271729AbTGRGiT (ORCPT ); Fri, 18 Jul 2003 02:38:19 -0400 Received: from ns.virtualhost.dk ([195.184.98.160]:41386 "EHLO virtualhost.dk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S271728AbTGRGiS (ORCPT ); Fri, 18 Jul 2003 02:38:18 -0400 Date: Fri, 18 Jul 2003 08:53:05 +0200 From: Jens Axboe To: "Miller, Mike (OS Dev)" Cc: marcelo@conectiva.com.br, alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, "Harris, Fred" Subject: Re: cciss updates for 2.4.22-pre6 Message-ID: <20030718065305.GU833@suse.de> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Thu, Jul 17 2003, Miller, Mike (OS Dev) wrote: > Here's another round of patches for the HP cciss driver in the attached tarball. These patches are intended for inclusion in the 2.4.22 kernel. This tarball contains 3 patches that should be applied in this order: > 1. cciss_2447_author_change.patch > 2. cciss_2447_shirq_fix2.patch > 3. cciss_2447_lock_fix.patch > The first patch is a requirement from our legal types & management, the other 2 are bug fixes. > Full comments & desciptions are in the patch files. > > There will be more patches in the next few days. They will include: > 1. Failover support for multipath environments. > 2. devfs support. > 3. Support for more than 8 controllers. > > Any feedback is greatly appreciated. The shirq patch looks a bit suspect, don't you need at least a barrier there? Also I'm curious what the problems are wrt the lock_fix? -- Jens Axboe