Re: What still uses the block layer?

2007-10-14 Thread David Newall
Matthew Wilcox wrote: You really need to get the fuck over yourself. That is so rude. You need to learn some manners. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line unsubscribe linux-scsi in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at

Re: [git patches] libata update

2007-10-14 Thread Torsten Kaiser
On 10/12/07, Jeff Garzik [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [ I just sent this upstream to Andrew and Linus ] * Turn on ACPI by default (watch for bug reports!). This should make suspend/resume work a lot better. Bug report for 2.6.23-mm1: scsi8 : pata_amd scsi9 : pata_amd ata9: PATA max UDMA/133 cmd

Re: [git patches] libata update

2007-10-14 Thread Alan Cox
ACPI Exception (exoparg2-0442): AE_AML_PACKAGE_LIMIT, Index (0) is beyond end of object [20070126] ACPI Error (psparse-0537): Method parse/execution failed [\_SB_.PCI0.IDE0.GTM_] (Node 810100318a20), AE_AML_PACKAGE_LIMIT ACPI Error (psparse-0537): Method parse/execution failed

[PATCH 0/3] debloat aic7xxx and aic79xx drivers

2007-10-14 Thread Denys Vlasenko
Hi, Following patches debloat drivers/scsi/aic7xxx/*. I also had to add prototypes for ahc_lookup_scb and ahd_lookup_scb to .h files. 1-debloat.patch Deinlines and moves big functions from .h to .c files. Adds prototypes for ahc_lookup_scb and ahd_lookup_scb to .h files. 2-addstatic.patch Adds

[PATCH 3/3] debloat aic7xxx and aic79xx drivers

2007-10-14 Thread Denys Vlasenko
Adds more consts Signed-off-by: Denys Vlasenko [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- vda diff -urpN linux-2.6.23-aic-2-addstatic/drivers/scsi/aic7xxx/aic79xx.h linux-2.6.23-aic-3-addconst/drivers/scsi/aic7xxx/aic79xx.h --- linux-2.6.23-aic-2-addstatic/drivers/scsi/aic7xxx/aic79xx.h 2007-10-14 15:05:07.0

Re: What still uses the block layer?

2007-10-14 Thread Stefan Richter
David Newall wrote: That is so rude. Such responses sometimes happen after provocative posts like the thread starter's. He could have asked straight away for help with fixing his boot environment instead of wrapping his question into a feigned design discussion. It appeared as if he is out for

Re: [PATCH 0/3] debloat aic7xxx and aic79xx drivers

2007-10-14 Thread Gabriel C
Denys Vlasenko wrote: Hi, Hi, Compile tested and applies cleanly to 2.6.23. I don't have this hardware anymore and cannot run test these patches. I can test these patches on an aic7892 controller later on today if you want. BTW while you seems to care about this driver could you have a look

Re: linux-2.6.23-mm1 crashed

2007-10-14 Thread Andrew Morton
On Sun, 14 Oct 2007 22:45:47 +0400 Dave Milter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I build linux-2.6.23-mm1 and try to boot it using qemu, and it crashed with trace like this: do_page_fault error_code lock_acquire _spin_lock_irqsave gdth_timeout run_timer_softirq __do_softirq do_softirq I have

Re: linux-2.6.23-mm1 crashed

2007-10-14 Thread Andrew Morton
(please don't top-post! edited...) On Sun, 14 Oct 2007 23:24:39 +0400 Dave Milter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 10/14/07, Dave Milter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I build linux-2.6.23-mm1 and try to boot it using qemu, and it crashed with trace like this: do_page_fault error_code

Re: What still uses the block layer?

2007-10-14 Thread James Bottomley
On Sat, 2007-10-13 at 16:05 -0600, Matthew Wilcox wrote: On Thu, Oct 11, 2007 at 08:11:21PM -0500, Rob Landley wrote: My impression from asking questions on the linux-scsi mailing list is that the scsi upper/middle/lower layers doesn't use the block layer described in

Re: linux-2.6.23-mm1 crashed

2007-10-14 Thread James Bottomley
On Sun, 2007-10-14 at 12:21 -0700, Andrew Morton wrote: On Sun, 14 Oct 2007 22:45:47 +0400 Dave Milter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I build linux-2.6.23-mm1 and try to boot it using qemu, and it crashed with trace like this: do_page_fault error_code lock_acquire _spin_lock_irqsave

Re: What still uses the block layer?

2007-10-14 Thread Tilman Schmidt
Am 14.10.2007 19:46 schrieb Stefan Richter: David Newall wrote: That is so rude. Such responses sometimes happen after provocative posts like the thread starter's. Provocation is often in the eye of the beholder, and basic manners should be observed nevertheless. He could have asked

Re: What still uses the block layer?

2007-10-14 Thread Rob Landley
On Sunday 14 October 2007 12:46:12 pm Stefan Richter wrote: David Newall wrote: That is so rude. When a reply contains as a reply to the first paragraph you're wrong with no elaboration, and as a reply to the second paragraph nothing but expletives and personal insults, I tend to stop

Re: What still uses the block layer?

2007-10-14 Thread Rob Landley
On Sunday 14 October 2007 5:24:32 pm James Bottomley wrote: On Sat, 2007-10-13 at 16:05 -0600, Matthew Wilcox wrote: On Thu, Oct 11, 2007 at 08:11:21PM -0500, Rob Landley wrote: My impression from asking questions on the linux-scsi mailing list is that the scsi upper/middle/lower layers

Re: What still uses the block layer?

2007-10-14 Thread Luben Tuikov
--- James Bottomley [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sat, 2007-10-13 at 16:05 -0600, Matthew Wilcox wrote: On Thu, Oct 11, 2007 at 08:11:21PM -0500, Rob Landley wrote: My impression from asking questions on the linux-scsi mailing list is that the scsi upper/middle/lower layers doesn't use

Re: What still uses the block layer?

2007-10-14 Thread Neil Brown
On Sunday October 14, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sunday 14 October 2007 12:46:12 pm Stefan Richter wrote: David Newall wrote: That is so rude. When a reply contains as a reply to the first paragraph you're wrong with no elaboration, and as a reply to the second paragraph nothing but

Re: What still uses the block layer?

2007-10-14 Thread Theodore Tso
On Sun, Oct 14, 2007 at 06:45:44PM -0500, Rob Landley wrote: I admit a certain amount of personal annoyance that once the SCSI layer consumes a category of device (USB, SATA, PATA), they can often _only_ be used by going through the SCSI midlayer. (This strikes me as analogous to TCP/IP

[GIT PATCH] SCSI updates for 2.6.24

2007-10-14 Thread James Bottomley
This is the accumulated updates queued for 2.6.24. It contains the usual slew of driver updates, plus some gdth and advansys rewrites. We still have some outstanding bugs in gdth and fc4 for which I'm hoping to sweep fixes into the next update. The patch is available here:

Re: What still uses the block layer?

2007-10-14 Thread Stefan Richter
Rob Landley wrote: I was at least attempting to ask a serious question. ... Actually, I was going through Documentation/block thinking about making a 00-INDEX for it, but my earlier questions of the scsi guys left me with the impression that the block layer is _not_ used by the SCSI layer.