On Mon, Apr 30 2007, Mark Lord wrote: > Jens Axboe wrote: > > > >So basically just add a struct request pointer, so you can do rq = > >rq->next_rq or something for the next data phase. I bet this would be a > >LOT less invasive as well, and we can get by with a few helpers to > >support it. > > Hey, I want a way to issue those (linked requests) from userspace (SG_IO), > too. > Specifically for use with the new SMART Command Transport (SCT) feature set > on modern SATA drives. As well as for a disk recovery utility I'm working > on. > > Sounds generally useful, that. Yep, one of the reasons why I like (my :-) proposal as well, we could potentially find other uses for linking commands like that. > -- Jens Axboe - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-ide" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
