Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1424348AbWLBS2K (ORCPT ); Sat, 2 Dec 2006 13:28:10 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1424336AbWLBS2J (ORCPT ); Sat, 2 Dec 2006 13:28:09 -0500 Received: from nf-out-0910.google.com ([64.233.182.187]:51355 "EHLO nf-out-0910.google.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1424348AbWLBS2I (ORCPT ); Sat, 2 Dec 2006 13:28:08 -0500 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=BDuzkHzVvu6HOYqjtDVVq23iCz6qj5gNw/C7RkYER8uZ+j+OdOS0QVW5JkWwyhhNb73OsBmR/5VKSz4zAwE/w64LmCQe7fnQJSrS6W2v/L3LaTCr2UE8qUJR22wykiLxX0Pas1XxWjtELA7fqIprCD+8mm0EBpbIvpEZpXhjBV0= Message-ID: Date: Sat, 2 Dec 2006 13:28:06 -0500 From: "Ming Zhao" To: blackmagic02881@gmail.com Subject: Re: [dm-devel] Re: [RFC][PATCH] dm-cache: block level disk cache target for device mapper Cc: "device-mapper development" , "bert hubert" , ming@acis.ufl.edu, "Linux Kernel" , ericvh@gmail.com In-Reply-To: <1165022497.2761.216.camel@localhost.localdomain> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <200611271826.kARIQYRi032717@hera.kernel.org> <20061127184748.GA11219@outpost.ds9a.nl> <1165022497.2761.216.camel@localhost.localdomain> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 798 Lines: 22 On 12/1/06, Ming Zhang wrote: > like to see this idea but any similarity with > http://www.ele.uri.edu/Research/hpcl/STICS/stics.pdf? > > STICS is patent pending so not sure if kernel can be free to merge this > dm-cache. I like the idea of STICS, an efficient bridge between SCSI and IP. But I think its only similarity with dm-cache is the use of nonvolatile caching. Dm-cache is a generic block-level disk cache that supports a variety of SAN technologies and is not tied to any particular one. Best regards, Ming Zhao - 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/