Re: 2.5 'what to expect'

[Mike Fedyk]

On Fri, Jul 11, 2003 at 03:02:19PM +0100, Dave Jones wrote:
> Enormous block size support.
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

How about "block device size" instead?  This made me think of blocks larger
than page size initially (even though I know that hasn't happened).

>   o  ide_scsi is completely broken in 2.5.x. Known problem. If you need it
>      either use 2.4 or fix it 8)

Is this still true?  I seem to recall testing a kernel in the 2.5.6x range,
and it worked.  (haven't tested more recent kernels yet -- compiling one now
though)

> EXT3.
> ~~~~~
> - data=journal mode is currently broken.

Is this still true (or is that still in -mm?)