Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 19 Apr 2015 20:12:58 +0200 | From | Matias Bjorling <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 1/5 v2] blk-mq: Add prep/unprep support |
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> On Sat, Apr 18, 2015 at 08:45:19AM +0200, Matias Bjorling wrote: <snip> >> The reason it shouldn't be under the a single block device, is that a target >> should be able to provide a global address space. >> That allows the address >> space to grow/shrink dynamically with the disks. Allowing a continuously >> growing address space, where disks can be added/removed as requirements grow >> or flash ages. Not on a sector level, but on a flash block level. > > I don't understand what you mean with a single block device here, but I > suspect we're talking past each other somehow.
Sorry. I meant that several block devices should form a single address space (exposed as a single block device), consisting of all the flash blocks. Applications could then get/put from that.
Thanks for your feedback. I'll push the pieces around and make the integration self-contained outside of the block layer.
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