Re: [PATCH v4] drivers/block/mtip32xx: Adding new driver mtip32xx

From: Jens Axboe
Date: Mon Sep 12 2011 - 14:26:14 EST


On 2011-09-12 17:02, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 09, 2011 at 10:58:01AM +0200, Jens Axboe wrote:
>>> Documentation/block/writeback_cache_control.txt file is the canonical
>>> resource. Implementing your driver at the make_request layer
>>> unfortunately means you will have to do all the hard work yourself.
>>> - also the call to blk_queue_flush(queue, 0); from ->make_request for
>>> a non-data request is completely wrong.
>>
>> I noticed both of these flush/fua problems too and have fixed them up.
>
> I still can't find any fixes in your repository.

It wasn't/isn't done, it's still sitting on the test box. I'll wrap it
up tomorrow.


--
Jens Axboe

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