Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S267624AbUJIXuV (ORCPT ); Sat, 9 Oct 2004 19:50:21 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S267633AbUJIXuV (ORCPT ); Sat, 9 Oct 2004 19:50:21 -0400 Received: from rproxy.gmail.com ([64.233.170.205]:53630 "EHLO mproxy.gmail.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S267624AbUJIXuO (ORCPT ); Sat, 9 Oct 2004 19:50:14 -0400 Message-ID: <58cb370e041009165041ecc96@mail.gmail.com> Date: Sun, 10 Oct 2004 01:50:13 +0200 From: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz Reply-To: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz To: Jeff Garzik Subject: Re: [Announce] "iswraid" (ICH5R/ICH6R ataraid sub-driver) for 2.4.28-pre3 Cc: Martins Krikis , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, marcelo.tosatti@cyclades.com In-Reply-To: <416875ED.6090503@pobox.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit References: <20041009204425.49483.qmail@web13725.mail.yahoo.com> <200410092337.36488.bzolnier@elka.pw.edu.pl> <41686121.7060607@pobox.com> <58cb370e0410091622423bded0@mail.gmail.com> <416875ED.6090503@pobox.com> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1500 Lines: 43 On Sat, 09 Oct 2004 19:36:13 -0400, Jeff Garzik wrote: > > > Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz wrote: > > On Sat, 09 Oct 2004 18:07:29 -0400, Jeff Garzik wrote: > > > >>Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz wrote: > >> > >>>I may sound like an ignorant but... > >>> > >>>Why can't device mapper be merged into 2.4 instead? > >>>Is there something wrong with 2.4 device mapper patch? > >>> > >>>It would more convenient (same driver for 2.4 and 2.6) > >>>and would benefit users of other software RAIDs > >>>(easier transition to 2.6). > >> > >>OTOH, that would be introducing a brand new RAID/LVM subsystem in the > >>middle of a stable series... > > > > > > Quoting Marcelo: > > > > > >>New drivers are OK, as long as they dont break existing setups, > >>and if substantial amount of users will benefit from it. > > > > > > IMHO both conditions are fulfilled. > > > Note I said "subsystem", Marcelo said "driver". I don't object to > adding DM to 2.4.x, but I think it's a rather large addition with > consequences WRT LVM1 versus LVM2, and perhaps other issues as well. I agree but merging iswraid into 2.4 can be compared to adding new IDE host driver for SATA controller while libata is available. I hope you get the idea. ;) - 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/