Date: Tue, 20 Jun 2000 03:47:52 +0200 From: Jens Axboe <axboe@suse.de> To: Linux Kernel <linux-kernel@vger.rutgers.edu> Subject: [ANN]: pktcdvd 0.0.2a Hi, I pulled the stuff back together into a brand new release of CD-RW packet writing. This release should be a lot more solid than previous versions, not to mention a whole lot faster. Patch is here ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/axboe/packet/packet-0.0.2a.tar.bz2 and is against 2.4.0-test1-ac21. Extract from Changelog: - kpacketd kernel thread pulling missing data - fix plugging bug - rewrite pkt_gather_data to a one-step solution - add private pktcdvd elevator - shutdown write access to device upon write failure - set inactive request queue head - rework locking - introduce per-pd queues, simplifies pkt_request - store pd in queuedata Since this is still considered alpha (at best), kdb is included in the patch. Hopefully this will make it much easier for folks experiencing problems to report back with useful info. This release is pretty solid for me, although I'm sure there are still lots of bugs. Querying UDF for zero blocks and UDF dir/file count block caching did not make it in, expect that for next time. packet-writing list is at packet-writing@suse.com, subscribe by sending an empty e-mail to packet-writing-subscribe@suse.com -- * Jens Axboe <axboe@suse.de> * SuSE Labs - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.rutgers.edu Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/