Re: PATCH 2.4.0.4.6: workaround for BUG() in slab.c

Alan Cox (alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk)
Sun, 16 Jul 2000 18:31:28 +0100 (BST)

> If we're going to take time out to move BKL's locks around (which I
> really think we shouldn't do), let's at least also take time to make
> sure PCMCIA functionality is at least as good in 2.4 as 2.2.

Agreed.

> Otherwise, lots of folks will have to stay at 2.2, and folks who
> maintain device drivers will have to keep the ugly #ifdef

Actually the bigger problem is that a lot of device driver folks wont take
2.4 bugs seriously or work on them since there are too many other bugs to
guess if its theirs

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