Re: [PARPORT] EPAT/PD and newer kernels followup

From: grant@torque.net
Date: Tue Mar 07 2000 - 14:20:00 EST

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    > Did a little more experimenting with EPAT + PD in kernel 2.3.49pre1 today.
    > A log message I got, without taking the computer down with it this time:
    >
    > Mar 7 20:03:16 frankenstein kernel: pda: OUCH: b_reqnext != NULL
    > Mar 7 20:03:17 frankenstein last message repeated 46 times
    >
    > A PD bug? Or is that assertion failure the lower-level protocol's fault?

    Looks like the request queue has been changed in a way that is no
    longer compatible with PD's clustering algorithm. This is very BAD.

    Alas, I don't have time to look at it. Somebody who knows what's happened
    to the block device layer lately should look at this and fix pd :-(

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