Messages in this thread | | | From | Peter Samuelson <> | Date | Sat, 23 Sep 2000 13:34:33 -0500 (CDT) | Subject | Re: lvm in 2.4.0-test9pre5 |
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[Peter Samuelson] > > "md", on the other hand, is well-established as referring to Linux > > RAID, but if you add lvm the label is too narrow.
[Linus] > Yes, we have all thes _historical_ reasons why people think "md" > refers to the particular RAID code in question. But so what? LVM is > also very much an issue of handling multiple disks, and organizing > them. "md" as shorthand for "multiple disks" works fine for LVM too.
Well, I just thought there could be confusion between 'md' -> 'multiple disks' versus 'md' -> 'Linux RAID drivers' which is probably the more common association. It's a documentation issue as much as anything, and you've basically taken care of that in -pre6.
> Does anybody have any real technical arguments against it, or are all > arguments of the type "I'm used to 'md' meaning RAID, and I am not > willing to reconsider"?
No, actually I was more arguing against 'sm' than anything else. Originally I thought the directory 'md' was just fine; it was only when Andrea brought up the name issue that I started thinking of LVM and the alternatives. By all means leave it as it is.
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