(sorry, forgot to cc all) On Tue, Mar 18, 2008 at 9:54 AM, Nikanth Karthikesan <knikanth@xxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi > > Despite the warning in blkdev.h, that members of struct request starting > with hard_* are block layer internals, and no driver should touch them, > the ide_cd driver seems to fiddle around with it. > > Is this reqd, or can this be made to work without the need for this? > > If this reqd, why not provide a helper function for that in block layer > itself, may be, with a warning about usage? > > Thanks > Nikanth Karthikesan Hi, the code pieces you're referring to are in there since at least the first git import of the kernel source (i.e. 2005) aka long time so Bart/Jens should know that... -- Regards/Gruß, Boris -- 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