On Mon, Apr 30 2007, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> On Mon, Apr 30, 2007 at 07:32:45PM +0200, Jens Axboe wrote:
> > It's due to the crappy ->generic_packet() ioctl stuff, it bypasses the
> > block layer. So that needs to be converted to use block pc requests and
> > the block layer interface, then things will just work.
> >
> > Christoph had a sort-of ready patch for that some time ago. Christoph,
> > did that ever materialize into a full blown patch?
>
> I had a fullblown patch somewhere. The only drawback was that I didn't
> convert pcd because I neither understand enough of the hardware nor do
> I really understand what's going on there.
Cool, pass the patch and I'll try to see if I can convert pcd.
--
Jens Axboe
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