From: Jeff Garzik <jeff@xxxxxxxxxx> Subject: Re: [PATCH] bind bsg to request_queue instead of gendisk Date: Tue, 13 Feb 2007 13:00:33 -0500 > On Wed, Feb 14, 2007 at 02:53:31AM +0900, FUJITA Tomonori wrote: > > It seems that it would be better to bind bsg devices to request_queue > > instead of gendisk. This enables any objects to define own > > request_handler and create own bsg device (under sysfs). > > > > Possible enhancements: > > > > - I removed gendisk but it would be better for objects having gendisk > > to keep it for nice features like disk stats. > > > > - Objects that wants to use bsg need to setup a request_queue. Maybe > > wrapper functions to setup a request_queue for them would be useful. > > > > This patch was tested only with disk drivers. > > > > > > Signed-off-by: FUJITA Tomonori <fujita.tomonori@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > --- > > block/bsg.c | 37 +++++++++++++++++-------------------- > > What is this patch against? scsi-misc? Oops. As Doug said, it's against Jens's block tree (bsg branch). > I certainly like the bsg solution, but block/bsg.c does not exist in my > vanilla linux-2.6.git tree :) Hopefully we see it in mainline soon. :) - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-scsi" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
