Hey, Chait! Have you fully tested map_kernel_kiobuf() yet? I've
had a few problems with it ...
--Matt
On Fri, 26 May 2000, Chaitanya Tumuluri wrote:
|>Hi,
|>
|>This email is to announce the availability of kiobuf-based I/O
|>functionality for 2.3.99.pre9-2 kernels.
|>
|>First, the I/O queuing and scsi midlayer code in the Linux
|>2.3.99.pre9-2 kernel has been enhanced to handle kiobuf-based
|>I/O requests. Second, Stephen Tweedie's rawio codepath has been
|>extended to use this enhancement to directly issue kiobuf-based
|>requests without having to restuff them into buffer-heads.
|>
|>This change does not change the device access semantics of Stephen
|>Tweedie's code for raw devices. This enhancement only works for scsi
|>disks currently.
|>
|>The complete patch (combining Stephen Tweedie's current patchset
|>for Raw I/O and the new queueing/scsi-midlayer enhancements) is
|>available from:
|>
|> http://oss.sgi.com/projects/rawio
|>
|>Thanks,
|>-Chait.
|