Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S269621AbTGOTfz (ORCPT ); Tue, 15 Jul 2003 15:35:55 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S269633AbTGOTfz (ORCPT ); Tue, 15 Jul 2003 15:35:55 -0400 Received: from 217-124-18-158.dialup.nuria.telefonica-data.net ([217.124.18.158]:64656 "EHLO dardhal.mired.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S269621AbTGOTfw (ORCPT ); Tue, 15 Jul 2003 15:35:52 -0400 Date: Tue, 15 Jul 2003 21:26:21 +0200 From: Jose Luis Domingo Lopez To: Joe Pranevich Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Wonderful World of Linux 2.6 - Linux 2.6 features document (first revision) Message-ID: <20030715192621.GA3855@localhost> Mail-Followup-To: Joe Pranevich , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.4i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1638 Lines: 37 On Monday, 14 July 2003, at 10:24:39 -0400, Joe Pranevich wrote: > Please let me know what you think. > First of all, thank you for the great work you have done again, it is worth each line :-). Now, a couple of corrections: "And finally, Linux 2.6 will include improved 64-bit support on block devices that support it, even on 32-bit platforms such as i386. This allows for filesystems up to 2TB." This should read "This allows for filesystems greater than 2 TB", or even better "This allows for block devices greater than 2 TB". I think maximun block device and filesytem sizes are independent, but I could be wrong, because I am not an expert :) And now, an omission. Linux kernel 2.4.x had LVM1, and has been replaced by DM (Device Mapper), that is said to be a better thought implementation of the same concept. The nice part is DM in 2.6.0 will be able to activate and drive 2.4.x LV (Logical Volumes), provided a recent version of the LVM2 userspace tools are used. Apart from this, I think EVMS (Enterprise Volume Management System) deserves some credit. It was never included in standard 2.4.x kernels, but now that EVMS userspace tools use DM (as LVM2 does) and provide for a complete disk management system, maybe it also could have a little place in your excellent document. -- Jose Luis Domingo Lopez Linux Registered User #189436 Debian Linux Sid (Linux 2.6.0-test1) - 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/