Re: alpha iommu fixes

Alan Cox (alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk)
Mon, 21 May 2001 09:09:26 +0100 (BST)

> > Look at the history of kernel API's over time. Everything that can
> > go wrong eventually does.
>
> I agree, and it will be dealt with in 2.5.x
>
> The scsi layer in 2.4.x is simply not able to handle failure in these
> code paths, as Gerard Roudier has mentioned.

On that I am unconvinced. It is certainly grungy enough that fighting that war
in 2.5 makes sense however.

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