Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 8 Sep 2000 19:24:15 +0200 | From | Jens Axboe <> | Subject | [release] packet-0.0.2c |
| |
Hi,
This project has been sleeping for a while, so I thought it was about time something happened. And now it has - I've put up version 0.0.2c of the CD-RW packet writing module, aka the "happy birthday grandma" release 8)
A summary of some of the changes:
- inc usage count of buffer heads - add internal buffer pool to avoid deadlock on oom - gather data for as many buffers as we have, before initiating write. this allows the laser to stay on longer, giving better performance. - fix always busy when tray can't be locked - remove request duplication nastiness, inject directly into the target - adapted to devfs and elevator changes - added proc interface
Not a whole lot, this is just to get the ball rolling again. However, the addition of the internal buffer pool was something that should have been added a long time ago. So this release should be significantly more stable than 0.0.2b -- at least it is for me, your mileage may vary.
The patch is against 2.4.0-test7 and can be found at:
*.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/axboe/packet
or
http://sourceforge.net/projects/packet-cd/
-- * Jens Axboe <axboe@suse.de> * SuSE Labs - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
| |