On 2003.03.11 14:13 Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> 
> --- 1.39/drivers/scsi/osst.c	Sun Feb  2 17:50:23 2003
> +++ edited/drivers/scsi/osst.c	Mon Mar 10 14:35:46 2003
> @@ -777,7 +777,7 @@
>  #define OSST_POLL_PER_SEC 10
>  static int osst_wait_frame(OS_Scsi_Tape * STp, Scsi_Request ** aSRpnt, int curr, int minlast, int to)
>  {
> -	long	startwait     = jiffies;
> +	unsigned long startwait = jiffies;
>  	char  * name          = tape_name(STp);
>  #if DEBUG
>  	char	notyetprinted = 1;
> @@ -1288,7 +1288,7 @@
>  	int             logical_blk_num  = ntohl(STp->buffer->aux->logical_blk_num) 
>  						- (nframes + pending - 1) * blks_per_frame;
>  	char          * name             = tape_name(STp);
> -	long		startwait        = jiffies;
> +	unsigned long	startwait        = jiffies;
>  #if DEBUG
>  	int		dbg              = debugging;
>  #endif
> @@ -1477,7 +1477,7 @@
>  	int		expected  = 0;
>  	int		attempts  = 1000 / skip;
>  	int		flag      = 1;
> -	long		startwait = jiffies;
> +	unsigned long	startwait = jiffies;
>  #if DEBUG
>  	int		dbg       = debugging;
>  #endif
> -

There are five functions that use jiffies. You fixed three of them.
If this change is done (and that's fine with me) it should be done
with this patch: