RE: Fwd: LiS-2.18 and driver open failure due to q->q_ptr being not Null.

At 11:38 AM 2/9/2005, Rodrigues, Edward wrote:
>Hi,
>
>In RHEL 4 kernel ( 2.6.9-5.EL),  sleep_on() and sleep_on_timeout() 
>deprecated functions are removed from the kernel. Also cdev_put() and 
>cdev_get() functions are not exported. sleep_on() and cdev_put() are used 
>by LiS-2.18. Is any one addressing these issues?
>
>In 2.6.10 kernel also cdev_get() and cdev_put() are un-exported. This 
>wasn't the case with 2.6.8 kernel.

The kernel guys are screwing LiS once again.  See the email exchange that I 
posted a month or so ago.  Basically, if a kernel symbol isn't being used 
by some module that lives in the kernel source tree, then it is no longer 
being exported.  LiS has no vote.

Someone with more clout than me needs to get involved with this.

Are there any grownups out there?  After all, both IBM and Intel use LiS.

-- Dave