Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1755611AbaJUNB1 (ORCPT ); Tue, 21 Oct 2014 09:01:27 -0400 Received: from bombadil.infradead.org ([198.137.202.9]:49599 "EHLO bombadil.infradead.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1755428AbaJUNBZ (ORCPT ); Tue, 21 Oct 2014 09:01:25 -0400 Date: Tue, 21 Oct 2014 06:01:18 -0700 From: Christoph Hellwig To: Boaz Harrosh Cc: Jeff Garzik , Jeff Garzik , Kernel development list , osd-dev@open-osd.org Subject: Re: state of the osdblk driver? Message-ID: <20141021130118.GA6122@infradead.org> References: <20141021120653.GA9530@infradead.org> <544655E8.8070004@electrozaur.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <544655E8.8070004@electrozaur.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.23 (2014-03-12) X-SRS-Rewrite: SMTP reverse-path rewritten from by bombadil.infradead.org See http://www.infradead.org/rpr.html Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Tue, Oct 21, 2014 at 03:47:36PM +0300, Boaz Harrosh wrote: > It is used in testing, its a good way to compare ext4 over objects > vs exofs over objects, kind of compare apples with apples. > (Also at the get go it was a good test that found some bugs in the > bring up of the osd target) > > If there is an old tagging API need removing its fine to just drop > the support, and/or do the minimal change possible. What was the > tag used for anyway? > > If it bothers you very much then please remove it, send a patch > and I'll ACK it. I'm mostly just trying to figure out if anyone cares. Would you be willing to sign up as a maintainer, and maybe even look into a blk-mq conversion? I'd be happy to help to answer questions and review it. > [Just that I thought we don't do that. I can show you a dozen > ISA scsi LLD controllers which are a complete pain in the neck > with a all subsection core support. There is not a single system > on the planet that has this even possible, yet we do not remove > them nor the ISA bus crap. osdblk at least is a SW only exercise > that can be very much valid in any system. > ] Not sure what exactly you mean, but I'm open to any serious proposal to get rid of not actually usable cruft in old SCSI HBA drivers. Feel free to send a proposal to linux-scsi - I was planning to come up with one of my own, but never got to it. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/