Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S964910AbVITIbV (ORCPT ); Tue, 20 Sep 2005 04:31:21 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S964927AbVITIbV (ORCPT ); Tue, 20 Sep 2005 04:31:21 -0400 Received: from smtp201.mail.sc5.yahoo.com ([216.136.129.91]:11964 "HELO smtp201.mail.sc5.yahoo.com") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S964910AbVITIbU (ORCPT ); Tue, 20 Sep 2005 04:31:20 -0400 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=yahoo.com.au; h=Received:Subject:From:To:Cc:In-Reply-To:References:Content-Type:Date:Message-Id:Mime-Version:X-Mailer:Content-Transfer-Encoding; b=PiVS96T7u6YC9eGSEnAY1FQtQEAA41kH4A1hxI2pZ5k6PjmOrYgNr1SKmNCukwKCTTj732e7DXJg6GFPnJjkpAnJhToBUwV4f2Y9rVdph8kXX3Gok8RWY0l4WbO5YnFQ6OBCTXEnkMf9xmwBHNxpEuyt2wJBn4W50wKJ5BzXuJc= ; Subject: elevators (was Re: I request inclusion of reiser4 in the mainline kernel) From: Nick Piggin To: Hans Reiser Cc: lkml , ReiserFS List , Nate Diller In-Reply-To: <432FC150.9020807@namesys.com> References: <432AFB44.9060707@namesys.com> <200509171415.50454.vda@ilport.com.ua> <200509180934.50789.chriswhite@gentoo.org> <200509181321.23211.vda@ilport.com.ua> <20050918102658.GB22210@infradead.org> <1127079524.8932.21.camel@localhost.localdomain> <432E4786.7010001@namesys.com> <432F8D1E.7060300@yahoo.com.au> <432FABFA.9010406@namesys.com> <1127200590.9436.15.camel@npiggin-nld.site> <432FC150.9020807@namesys.com> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Tue, 20 Sep 2005 18:31:02 +1000 Message-Id: <1127205062.9436.38.camel@npiggin-nld.site> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.0.1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1448 Lines: 49 CC list trimmed. On Tue, 2005-09-20 at 00:59 -0700, Hans Reiser wrote: > Nick Piggin wrote: > > >On Mon, 2005-09-19 at 23:28 -0700, Hans Reiser wrote: > > > > > >Well the terminology changed to "io scheduler" now, however the > >residual "elevator" name found in places doesn't cause anyone > >any problems and there isn't much reason to change it other than > >the desire to break things. > > > > > Did you really say that? I mean, come on, can't you at least manage a > "well, it ought to get changed but I am busy with something more > exciting to me". > In a perfect world maybe it should be changed, however I don't know what out of tree drivers rely on the interface and I really don't care to find out. Simple as that. > Ask Nate about this after he gets an ok from the customer to disclose > his work. It is not so simple as you claim. > Nate, I would be very interested to hear about your work if and when you are able to disclose it. [snip devfs] Yeah I was just trying to introduce some humour to the thread! Or maybe deflate one flamewar by starting another :) Nick -- SUSE Labs, Novell Inc. Send instant messages to your online friends http://au.messenger.yahoo.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/