Re: [RFC] must fix lists

[viro@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk]

On Fri, Oct 24, 2003 at 09:46:33AM +1000, Nick Piggin wrote:
>  drivers/tty
>  ~~~~~~~~~~~
>  
> -o viro: we need to fix refcounting for tty_driver (oopsable race, must fix
> -  anyway, hopefully about a week until it's merged) then we can do
> -  tty/misc/upper levels of sound.

Still not completely fixed.
  
>  o 64-bit dev_t.  Seems almost ready, but it's not really known how much
>    work is still to do.  Patches exist in -mm but with the recent rise of the
>    neo-viro I'm not sure where things are at.

32-bit dev_t is done, 64-bit means extra work on nfsd/raid/etc. for those who
are really interested.  Not a mustfix for 2.6.0.
  
>  o viro: cdev rework.  Main group is pretty stable and I hope to feed it to
>    Linus RSN.  That's cdev-cidr and ->i_cdev/->i_cindex stuff

Mostly done.
  
>  o viro: paride drivers need a big cleanup

Partially done, but ATAPI drivers will need serious work.  There are
real bugs, BTW - it's not just that code is ugly as hell.