Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Sat, 19 May 2001 04:16:53 -0400 (EDT) | From | Ben LaHaise <> | Subject | Re: [RFD w/info-PATCH] device arguments from lookup, partion code inuserspace |
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On Sat, 19 May 2001, Alexander Viro wrote:
> On Sat, 19 May 2001, Ben LaHaise wrote: > > > It's not done yet, but similar techniques would be applied. I envision > > that a raid device would support operations such as > > open("/dev/md0/slot=5,hot-add=/dev/sda") > > Think for a moment and you'll see why it's not only ugly as hell, but simply > won't work.
Yeah, I shouldn't be replying to email anymore in my bleery-eyed state. =) Of course slash seperated data doesn't work, so it would have to be hot-add=<filedescriptor> or somesuch. Gah, that's why the options are all parsed from a single lookup name anyways...
-ben (who's going to sleep)
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