Re: softraid: factor out block I/O code

2011-01-17 Thread Marco Peereboom
I know you guys aren't testing this patch because it doesn't apply. I attached the correct one so get to work! Joel's patch: You'll probably need this as well if you're testing on USB devices. Factor out the block level I/O code. Also teach it how to handle writes that are larger than MAXPHYS. T

Re: softraid: factor out block I/O code

2011-01-14 Thread Bob Beck
Or to reiterate - if you want this working in 4.9 now is the time to make time to test it :) On 14 January 2011 09:42, Marco Peereboom wrote: > This one needs lots of testing folks. Please oblige. > > On Sat, Jan 15, 2011 at 01:22:24AM +1100, Joel Sing wrote: >> The following diff factors out t

Re: softraid: factor out block I/O code

2011-01-14 Thread Marco Peereboom
This one needs lots of testing folks. Please oblige. On Sat, Jan 15, 2011 at 01:22:24AM +1100, Joel Sing wrote: > The following diff factors out the block I/O code that is used within > softraid(4) and also allows it to handle I/Os that exceeds MAXPHYS in > size. This is necessary for some upcomi

softraid: factor out block I/O code

2011-01-14 Thread Joel Sing
The following diff factors out the block I/O code that is used within softraid(4) and also allows it to handle I/Os that exceeds MAXPHYS in size. This is necessary for some upcoming work. This diff needs extensive testing since the main purpose is to read and write the softraid metadata. Bugs in t