linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] x86: remove dead BIO_VMERGE

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Date:	Fri, 24 Oct 2008 13:58:58 -0700
From:	Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@...p.org>
To:	FUJITA Tomonori <fujita.tomonori@....ntt.co.jp>
CC:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, mingo@...e.hu, jens.axboe@...cle.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86: remove dead BIO_VMERGE_BOUNDARY definition

FUJITA Tomonori wrote:
> The block layer dropped the virtual merge feature
> (b8b3e16cfe6435d961f6aaebcfd52a1ff2a988c5). BIO_VMERGE_BOUNDARY
> definition is meaningless now.
>   

Hm, I think we still need something here, no?

I have a couple of patches to make x86 use BIOVEC_PHYS_MERGEABLE 
instead, which would probably apply to other arches.

     J
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