Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S265516AbUAMTlY (ORCPT ); Tue, 13 Jan 2004 14:41:24 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S265552AbUAMTlY (ORCPT ); Tue, 13 Jan 2004 14:41:24 -0500 Received: from linux.us.dell.com ([143.166.224.162]:36271 "EHLO lists.us.dell.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S265516AbUAMTlV (ORCPT ); Tue, 13 Jan 2004 14:41:21 -0500 Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2004 13:41:07 -0600 From: Matt Domsch To: Jeff Garzik Cc: Scott Long , Linux Kernel , linux-raid , Neil Brown Subject: Re: Proposed enhancements to MD Message-ID: <20040113134107.A7646@lists.us.dell.com> References: <40033D02.8000207@adaptec.com> <40043C75.6040100@pobox.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5.1i In-Reply-To: <40043C75.6040100@pobox.com>; from jgarzik@pobox.com on Tue, Jan 13, 2004 at 01:44:05PM -0500 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1314 Lines: 34 On Tue, Jan 13, 2004 at 01:44:05PM -0500, Jeff Garzik wrote: > You sorta hit a bad time for 2.4 development. Even though my employer > (Red Hat), Adaptec, and many others must continue to support new > products on 2.4.x kernels, Indeed, enterprise class products based on 2.4.x kernels will need some form of solution here too. > kernel development has shifted to 2.6.x (and soon 2.7.x). > > In general, you want a strategy of "develop on latest, then backport if > needed." Ideally in 2.6 one can use device mapper, but DM hasn't been incorporated into 2.4 stock, I know it's not in RHEL 3, and I don't believe it's included in SLES8. Can anyone share thoughts on if a DDF solution were built on top of DM, that DM could be included in 2.4 stock, RHEL3, or SLES8? Otherwise, Adaptec will be stuck with two different solutions anyhow, one for 2.4 (they're proposing enhancing MD), and DM for 2.6. Thanks, Matt -- Matt Domsch Sr. Software Engineer, Lead Engineer Dell Linux Solutions www.dell.com/linux Linux on Dell mailing lists @ http://lists.us.dell.com - 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/