Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1424357AbWLBSfk (ORCPT ); Sat, 2 Dec 2006 13:35:40 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1424365AbWLBSfk (ORCPT ); Sat, 2 Dec 2006 13:35:40 -0500 Received: from qb-out-0506.google.com ([72.14.204.231]:12196 "EHLO qb-out-0506.google.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1424357AbWLBSfj (ORCPT ); Sat, 2 Dec 2006 13:35:39 -0500 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:subject:from:reply-to:to:cc:in-reply-to:references:content-type:date:message-id:mime-version:x-mailer:content-transfer-encoding; b=qff3bm2WFR1JWt+0VNDzarnKcfHG3OJotbMG1WyDaCRw4bB1YD5bDLo9XVkTw/mpgUpikDoPit8LXfgXB9Hn6AEA08LYzfikesKvFLu6JVY/G/henXPu24SJuP2M+XeYjbtqOZcPm/aNc+49RoACBi6IrNlWugNXfGLJUHolGyw= Subject: Re: [dm-devel] Re: [RFC][PATCH] dm-cache: block level disk cache target for device mapper From: Ming Zhang Reply-To: blackmagic02881@gmail.com To: Ming Zhao Cc: device-mapper development , bert hubert , ming@acis.ufl.edu, Linux Kernel , ericvh@gmail.com In-Reply-To: References: <200611271826.kARIQYRi032717@hera.kernel.org> <20061127184748.GA11219@outpost.ds9a.nl> <1165022497.2761.216.camel@localhost.localdomain> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Sat, 02 Dec 2006 13:35:36 -0500 Message-Id: <1165084536.5456.9.camel@localhost.localdomain> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.6.3 (2.6.3-1.fc5.5) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 969 Lines: 30 On Sat, 2006-12-02 at 13:28 -0500, Ming Zhao wrote: > 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. > great. as long as you are aware of this and can find the difference, then fine. > > 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/