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From: Martin Dalecki <dalecki@evision-ventures.com>
To: Jens Axboe <axboe@suse.de>
Cc: Zwane Mwaikambo <zwane@linux.realnet.co.sz>,
	Linux Kernel <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] 2.5.6-pre2 IDE cleanup 16
Date: Tue, 05 Mar 2002 12:54:35 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <3C84B1FB.2050003@evision-ventures.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <3C84A34E.6060708@evision-ventures.com> <Pine.LNX.4.44.0203051307080.12437-100000@netfinity.realnet.co.sz> <20020305112843.GE716@suse.de>

Jens Axboe wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 05 2002, Zwane Mwaikambo wrote:
> 
>>On Tue, 5 Mar 2002, Martin Dalecki wrote:
>>
>>
>>>- Disable configuration of the task file stuff. It is going to go away
>>>   and will be replaced by a truly abstract interface based on
>>>   functionality and *not* direct mess-up of hardware.
>>>
>>Could you elaborate just a tad on that.
>>
> 
> While the taskfile interface is very down-to-basics and a bit extreme
> in one end, it's also very useful for eg vendors doing testing and
> certification. So in that respect it's pretty powerful, I hope Martin
> isn't just planning a stripped down interface akin to what we have in
> 2.4 and earlier.

No quite my plan is:

1. Rip it off.
2. Reimplement stuff if and only if someone really shows pressure
for using it.

The "command parsing" excess is certainly going to go.


  reply	other threads:[~2002-03-05 11:56 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 43+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2002-03-05  7:54 [PATCH] per-cpu areas Rusty Russell
2002-03-05 10:51 ` [PATCH] 2.5.6-pre2 IDE cleanup 16 Martin Dalecki
2002-03-05 11:07   ` Zwane Mwaikambo
2002-03-05 11:28     ` Jens Axboe
2002-03-05 11:54       ` Martin Dalecki [this message]
2002-03-05 12:04         ` Jens Axboe
2002-03-05 12:09           ` Martin Dalecki
2002-03-06  0:33         ` Alan Cox
2002-03-06  9:51           ` Martin Dalecki
2002-03-05 11:48     ` Martin Dalecki
2002-03-06  0:34       ` Alan Cox
2002-03-05 12:36     ` Anton Altaparmakov
2002-03-05 12:36       ` Martin Dalecki
2002-03-05 12:35         ` Zwane Mwaikambo
2002-03-06  0:28         ` Alan Cox
2002-03-05 12:47       ` Anton Altaparmakov
2002-03-05 12:52         ` Martin Dalecki
2002-03-06  1:40           ` Alan Cox
2002-03-06  8:56             ` Zwane Mwaikambo
2002-03-06  9:43             ` Martin Dalecki
2002-03-06  0:27       ` Alan Cox
2002-03-06 10:15         ` Martin Dalecki
2002-03-05 11:37   ` Arjan van de Ven
2002-03-05 11:51     ` Martin Dalecki
2002-03-05 21:19     ` Vojtech Pavlik
2002-03-05 21:42       ` Jeff Garzik
2002-03-05 21:46         ` Vojtech Pavlik
2002-03-06  9:19           ` Martin Dalecki
2002-03-06  1:08       ` Alan Cox
2002-03-06  9:45         ` Martin Dalecki
2002-03-06  0:41   ` Alan Cox
2002-03-06  9:15     ` benh
2002-03-06 11:07       ` Martin Dalecki
2002-03-06 11:12         ` Zwane Mwaikambo
2002-03-06 11:59           ` Martin Dalecki
2002-03-06 12:02         ` Meelis Roos
2002-03-06 12:11           ` Martin Dalecki
2002-03-06 16:01         ` Bill Davidsen
2002-03-06 20:36           ` Linus Torvalds
2002-03-06 17:00         ` benh
2002-03-06  9:49     ` Martin Dalecki
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2002-03-06 13:46 Ronnie Sahlberg
2002-03-13 15:55 Rick A. Hohensee

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