[PATCH] Change to workqueues in 2.6.20

[Chris Rankin]

Solomon,

Didn't anyone fix this already? The following patch gets prism2_usb working on Linux 2.6.20.1.

Cheers,
Chris





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[Pavel Roskin]

Post by Chris Rankin
Solomon,
Didn't anyone fix this already? The following patch gets prism2_usb working
on Linux 2.6.20.1.

I posted a less intrusive patch for that. It didn't use preprocessor
conditionals for the workqueue handlers. Neither did it introduce any new
macros. Please see the mailing list archives.

Generally, it's better to change the source to the latest API and then backport
it for compatibility, rather than try to keep the code for the old API as is.
The new API enforces a new safer way for passing the arguments for the
workqueue handlers, and that approach is applicable to the old kernels. The
only change needed is to pass the third argument to INIT_WORK, which would be
the same as the first argument.

I don't know why my patch wasn't applied. I think the maintainers have been
busy with other things.

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Regards,
Pavel Roskin

[Solomon Peachy]

Post by Pavel Roskin
I don't know why my patch wasn't applied. I think the maintainers have been
busy with other things.

One of our key customers needed a great deal of work done in very little
time. On Friday, it shipped out, and I got to go home before dark for
the first time in a week. The things we do to pay the bills. :)

But back to the patch -- Once I get a 2.6.20 kernel up and running on
one of my machines, I'll test and apply it.

- Solomon