Re: Linux 2.4.17-rc1

Erik Andersen (andersen@codepoet.org)
Mon, 17 Dec 2001 18:27:25 -0700


On Thu Dec 13, 2001 at 06:44:16PM -0200, Marcelo Tosatti wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I've just copied 2.4.17-rc1 to ftp.kernel.org... Its mirroring yet,
> probably.
>
> Well, I want people with the "unfreeable" buffer/cache problem to confirm
> with me that 2.4.17-rc1 is working ok.
>
> The same change which should fix that problem also should make 2.4 a bit
> less "swap happy".
>
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>
> pre6:
>
[---------snip-----------]
> - Fix lots of core NCR5380 bugs (Alan Cox)

This fix from -pre6 broke NCR5380 so that it does not compile
when linked into the kernel (i.e. not as a module). This patch
fixes it. Please apply for 2.4.17-rc2,

-Erik

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--- drivers/scsi.orig/g_NCR5380.c Mon Dec 17 18:08:08 2001 +++ drivers/scsi/g_NCR5380.c Mon Dec 17 18:22:34 2001 @@ -911,41 +911,7 @@ MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE(isapnp, id_table); -#ifndef MODULE - -static int __init do_NCR53C400_setup(char *str) -{ - int ints[10]; - - get_options(str, sizeof(ints) / sizeof(int), ints); - generic_NCR53C400_setup(str, ints); - - return 1; -} - -static int __init do_NCR53C400A_setup(char *str) -{ - int ints[10]; - - get_options(str, sizeof(ints) / sizeof(int), ints); - generic_NCR53C400A_setup(str, ints); - - return 1; -} - -static int __init do_DTC3181E_setup(char *str) -{ - int ints[10]; - - get_options(str, sizeof(ints) / sizeof(int), ints); - generic_DTC3181E_setup(str, ints); - - return 1; -} - __setup("ncr5380=", do_NCR5380_setup); __setup("ncr53c400=", do_NCR53C400_setup); __setup("ncr53c400a=", do_NCR53C400A_setup); __setup("dtc3181e=", do_DTC3181E_setup); - -#endif - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/