From: Stefan Smietanowski <stesmi@stesmi.com>
To: Joe Thornber <thornber@sistina.com>
Cc: Marcelo Tosatti <marcelo.tosatti@cyclades.com>,
Linux Mailing List <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Device-mapper submission for 2.4
Date: Tue, 09 Dec 2003 15:23:50 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <3FD5DAF6.8050100@stesmi.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20031209134551.GG472@reti>
Joe Thornber wrote:
> On Tue, Dec 09, 2003 at 11:15:08AM -0200, Marcelo Tosatti wrote:
>
>>I believe 2.6 is the right place for the device mapper.
>
>
> So what's the difference between a new filesystem like XFS and a new
> device driver like dm ?
One thing you're missing is that after all, XFS has existed longer than
dm. Hell, XFS existed before 2.4 did (in a Linux form, I'm not talking
IRIX now).
XFS is also a new filesystem as you said but DM is meant as a
replacement for other functions, not strictly as an additive.
// Stefan
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2003-12-09 14:26 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 55+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2003-12-09 11:58 Device-mapper submission for 2.4 Joe Thornber
2003-12-09 12:24 ` [Patch 1/4] fs.h: b_journal_head Joe Thornber
2003-12-09 23:46 ` Nathan Scott
2003-12-10 8:46 ` Joe Thornber
2003-12-10 12:06 ` Nathan Scott
2003-12-09 12:25 ` [Patch 2/4] dm: mempool backport Joe Thornber
2003-12-09 12:26 ` [Patch 3/4] dm: core files Joe Thornber
2003-12-09 12:26 ` [Patch 4/4] dm: ioctl interface Joe Thornber
2003-12-09 13:15 ` Device-mapper submission for 2.4 Marcelo Tosatti
2003-12-09 13:45 ` Joe Thornber
2003-12-09 14:00 ` Måns Rullgård
2003-12-09 14:10 ` Muli Ben-Yehuda
2003-12-09 14:21 ` Måns Rullgård
2003-12-09 14:16 ` Joe Thornber
2003-12-09 14:24 ` Stefan Smietanowski
2003-12-09 14:10 ` Marcelo Tosatti
2003-12-09 14:34 ` Joe Thornber
2003-12-09 21:07 ` Paul Jakma
2003-12-09 22:26 ` Joe Thornber
2003-12-09 22:48 ` Marcelo Tosatti
2003-12-09 23:46 ` Paul Jakma
2003-12-09 23:58 ` William Lee Irwin III
2003-12-10 0:15 ` Paul Jakma
2003-12-10 11:49 ` Stephan von Krawczynski
2003-12-10 23:15 ` Dave Jones
2003-12-10 0:27 ` Jose Luis Domingo Lopez
2003-12-10 0:59 ` Tupshin Harper
2003-12-10 9:40 ` Wichert Akkerman
2003-12-10 2:44 ` Martin J. Bligh
2003-12-10 15:55 ` Paul Jakma
2003-12-10 16:54 ` venom
2003-12-10 17:00 ` Paul Jakma
2003-12-10 17:14 ` venom
2003-12-10 23:40 ` Mike Fedyk
2003-12-11 19:48 ` Alasdair G Kergon
2003-12-16 19:15 ` bill davidsen
2003-12-16 19:01 ` bill davidsen
2003-12-10 8:45 ` Jens Axboe
2003-12-10 17:30 ` Paul Jakma
2003-12-10 17:44 ` Joe Thornber
2003-12-10 17:48 ` venom
2003-12-10 18:07 ` Paul Jakma
2003-12-10 19:30 ` Jens Axboe
2003-12-09 17:02 ` Bill Rugolsky Jr.
2003-12-09 22:53 ` Ciaran McCreesh
2003-12-10 3:38 ` Lincoln Dale
2003-12-10 6:12 ` Willy Tarreau
2003-12-10 6:35 ` viro
2003-12-09 17:45 ` Kevin Corry
2003-12-09 19:47 ` Paul P Komkoff Jr
2003-12-09 14:23 ` Stefan Smietanowski [this message]
2003-12-09 14:36 ` Joe Thornber
2003-12-09 19:50 ` William Lee Irwin III
2003-12-09 21:13 ` Paul Jakma
2003-12-10 0:49 Carl-Daniel Hailfinger
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