Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 17 Mar 2004 15:02:38 -0500 | From | Jeff Garzik <> | Subject | Re: "Enhanced" MD code avaible for review |
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Christoph Hellwig wrote: > On Wed, Mar 17, 2004 at 02:18:25PM -0500, Jeff Garzik wrote: > >>> o Allow fully pluggable meta-data modules >> >>yep, needed > > > Well, this is pretty much the EVMS route we all heavily argued against. > Most of the metadata shouldn't be visible in the kernel at all.
_some_ metadata is required at runtime, and must be in the kernel. I agree that a lot of configuration doesn't necessarily need to be in the kernel. But stuff like bad sector and event logs, and other bits are still needed at runtime.
>>> o Improve the ability of MD to auto-configure arrays. >> >>hmmmm. Maybe in my language this means "improve ability for low-level >>drivers to communicate RAID support to upper layers"? > > > I think he's talking about the deprecated raid autorun feature. Again > something that is completely misplaced in the kernel. (ågain EVMS light)
Indeed, but I'll let him and the code illuminate the meaning :)
Jeff
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