From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2001 07:17:51 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <20011116.071751.12999342.davem@redhat.com> Subject: Re: [parisc-linux] Re: parisc scatterlist doesn't want page/offset From: "David S. Miller" In-Reply-To: <20011116150454.J25491@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk> References: <200111160730.AAA18774@puffin.external.hp.com> <20011116.065243.134136673.davem@redhat.com> <20011116150454.J25491@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-linux-mm@kvack.org Return-Path: To: willy@debian.org Cc: grundler@puffin.external.hp.com, linux-mm@kvack.org, parisc-linux@lists.parisc-linux.org List-ID: On Fri, Nov 16, 2001 at 06:52:43AM -0800, David S. Miller wrote: > > No, you must have page+offset because in the future the > "address" field of scatterlist is going to disappear > and _ONLY_ page+offset will be used. but _WHY_ in 2.4? this is ridiculous for something which is alleged to be a stable kernel. You have to add two members to a silly structure which nobody uses right now, that is so horrible. What affect on stability does that change have? This makes merging of Jen's Axboe's block highmem code back into 2.4.x painless. That is why. Franks a lot, David S. Miller davem@redhat.com -- To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in the body to majordomo@kvack.org. For more info on Linux MM, see: http://www.linux-mm.org/