James Bottomley wrote:
> On Mon, 2007-01-22 at 01:25 +0200, Boaz Harrosh wrote:
>> - Instantiate another request_io_part in request for bidi_read.
>> - Define & Implement new API for accessing bidi parts.
>> - API to Build bidi requests and map to sglists.
>> - Define new end_that_request_block() function to end a complete request.
>
> Actually, this approach looks to be a bit too narrow. You seem to be
> predicating on the idea that the bidirectional will transfer in and out
> of the same area. For some of the frame in/frame out stuff, we probably
> need the read and write areas for the bidirectional request to be
> separated.
Hmm, our proposal introduces two separate and independent i/o areas.
One used for uni-directional transfers and for bidi data output, the
other is used for bidi data input so we're in agreement.
Benny
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