Re: sard patch for 2.4 - again

[Pete Zaitcev]

> I want to ask if the sard patch by Stephen Tweedie will be included into
> future 2.4 kernels. This patch collects hard disk statistics that are
> important figures on productive systems.
>[...]
> Correct me if I'm wrong, but the last release of the sard patch was for
> 2.4.0. In an src.rpm by Redhat I found a version of the patch that
> applied to 2.4.18-pre7 (but still labeled 2.4.0).

The filename does not matter. If it sits in an RPM, then it
is good for the version of base kernel that the RPM uses.
I know for the fact that Stephen updated it for cooperation
with add_gendisk/del_gendisk in 2.4.16, so the patch is
maintained actively. I would not worry about it, it's a good
patch.

-- Pete