Re: PATCH 2.4.0.4.6: workaround for BUG() in slab.c

From: Linus Torvalds (torvalds@transmeta.com)
Date: Sun Jul 16 2000 - 13:09:43 EST


On Sun, 16 Jul 2000, Theodore Y. Ts'o wrote:
>
> If we're going to take time out to move BKL's locks around (which I
> really think we shouldn't do), let's at least also take time to make
> sure PCMCIA functionality is at least as good in 2.4 as 2.2.

Well, as there is _no_ pcmcia functionality in 2.2, that's not a big
issue.

Most (all?) commercial vendors are likely to use the external pcmcia
package for 2.4.x releases, the same way they did for 2.2. The 2.4 code
has many advantages, but..

                Linus

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