Malakim
January 10th, 2006, 02:52 PM
Hi there,
I don't know if there are many kernel developers hanging around here, but I thought I might as well ask. ;)
In order to learn a little about the 2.6.X internals, I decided to port a FS module I started to work on for a school project with the 2.4.2X kernel. However, I have run into a small problem. I can't find the bread() function, it seems to be replaced with __bread(). Is this what I should use instead of the old bread(), or would I be better off moving to the new bio API's that I've read about in "Linux Kernel Development" (http://www.novell.com/training/books/book.html?book=bookDev&val=5) by Rober Love? Is the bio structure even meant for getting data from the block device, or only to manage data when it's in memory?
Regards,
Markus Svensson
I don't know if there are many kernel developers hanging around here, but I thought I might as well ask. ;)
In order to learn a little about the 2.6.X internals, I decided to port a FS module I started to work on for a school project with the 2.4.2X kernel. However, I have run into a small problem. I can't find the bread() function, it seems to be replaced with __bread(). Is this what I should use instead of the old bread(), or would I be better off moving to the new bio API's that I've read about in "Linux Kernel Development" (http://www.novell.com/training/books/book.html?book=bookDev&val=5) by Rober Love? Is the bio structure even meant for getting data from the block device, or only to manage data when it's in memory?
Regards,
Markus Svensson