On Mon, June 29, 2009 8:18 pm, Jens Axboe wrote: > On Sat, Jun 27 2009, Neil Brown wrote: >> > There's no such thing as first or second class block devices. The fact >> > that drivers using ->make_request_fn directly do not utilize the full >> > scope of the queue isn't a very interesting fact, imho. >> >> Your phrase "drivers using ->make_request_fn directly" seems to >> suggest you are looking at things very differently to me. >> >> From my perspective, all drivers use ->make_request_fn equally. >> Some set it to "__make_request", some to "md_make_request", others to >> "dm_request" or "loop_make_request" etc. > > Neil, will you please stop these silly games. Stop trying to invent > differences based on interpretations of what you read into my replies. We do seem to be having trouble communicating don't we :-( Be assured that it is not my intention to play games, silly or otherwise. Maybe I should just try sending you patches. Maybe that will make my meaning clearer. For the moment, I'm much more interested in the other question, that of whether I can avoid having a 'queue' directory introduced into md/dm/etc device directories in sysfs. NeilBrown -- 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
