Re: [patch 0/4] ide: Break ide_lock to per-hwgroup lock

On Tue, Sep 06 2005, Ravikiran G Thirumalai wrote:
> The following patchset breaks down the global ide_lock to per-hwgroup lock.
> We have taken the following approach.

Curious, what is the point of this?

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Jens Axboe

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