Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 11 Jan 2002 22:30:19 +0300 | From | Hans Reiser <> | Subject | Re: [reiserfs-dev] Re: [reiserfs-list] Re: elevator algorithm in disk controller bad? |
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Andre Hedrick wrote:
>You mean like this ?? > >ide.2.4.0-ac10.all.01212001.patch: >+static int do_flush_cache(ide_drive_t *drive); >ide.2.4.0-ac10.all.01212001.patch: >+ (do_flush_cache(drive)) ? "SUCCESSED" : "FAILED"); >ide.2.4.0-ac10.all.01212001.patch: >+static int do_flush_cache (ide_drive_t *drive) >ide.2.4.0-ac10.all.01212001.patch: >+ (do_flush_cache(drive)) ? "SUCCESSED" : "FAILED"); >ide.2.4.0-ac10.all.01212001.patch: >- * all current requests to be flushed from the queue. >ide.2.4.0-ac10.all.01212001.patch: >+ * all current requests to be flushed from the queue. > >Or something more up to date? > >ide.2.4.16.12102001.patch:+ flushcache: NULL, >ide.2.4.16.12102001.patch:+static int do_idedisk_flushcache(ide_drive_t *drive); >ide.2.4.16.12102001.patch:+ if (do_idedisk_flushcache(drive)) >ide.2.4.16.12102001.patch:+static int do_idedisk_flushcache (ide_drive_t *drive) >ide.2.4.16.12102001.patch:+ if (do_idedisk_flushcache(drive)) >ide.2.4.16.12102001.patch:+ flushcache: do_idedisk_flushcache, >ide.2.4.16.12102001.patch:+ flushcache: NULL, >ide.2.4.16.12102001.patch:+ flushcache: NULL, > > On Fri, 11 Jan 2002, Hans Reiser wrote: > >>Andre, have you had a chance to put in the the cache flushing stuff into >>your IDE code? >> >>Hans >> > ><snip> > >This code as only been available for a year or so ... > >Regards, > >Andre Hedrick >Linux ATA Development > > >
Your code has been kept out of the main kernel for a year or so? Sigh. I guess 2.4 has been freezing (except for VFS and MM which I will say nothing about) for that long....
Chris and Edward, can you look at it and create a complementary patch to make use of it that we can ask Andre to add to his patch, and then link to his patch on our website?
Hans
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