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From: Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@computergmbh.de>
To: David Greaves <david@dgreaves.com>
Cc: Bill Davidsen <davidsen@tmr.com>,
	neilb@suse.de, linux-raid@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Use new sb type
Date: Sun, 10 Feb 2008 13:30:33 +0100 (CET)	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0802101328260.7915@fbirervta.pbzchgretzou.qr> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <47AEEDAD.5050405@dgreaves.com>


On Feb 10 2008 12:27, David Greaves wrote:
>> 
>> I do not see anything wrong by specifying the SB location as a metadata
>> version. Why should not location be an element of the raid type?
>> It's fine the way it is IMHO. (Just the default is not :)
>
>There was quite a discussion about it.
>
>For me the main argument is that for most people seeing superblock versions
>(even the manpage terminology is version and subversion) will correlate
>incremental versions with improvement.
>They will therefore see v1.2 as 'the latest and best'.
>Feel free to argue that the manpage is clear on this - but as we know, not
>everyone reads the manpages in depth...

That is indeed suboptimal (but I would not care since I know the
implications of an SB at the front);

Naming it "1@front" / "1@back" / "1@4K" or so would address this.

  reply	other threads:[~2008-02-10 12:30 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 18+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2008-01-28 17:22 [PATCH] Use new sb type Jan Engelhardt
2008-01-28 18:19 ` David Greaves
2008-01-28 18:47   ` Peter Rabbitson
2008-01-28 19:32     ` David Greaves
2008-01-29  4:09       ` Tim Southerwood
2008-01-29  9:37         ` Peter Rabbitson
2008-01-29 11:25           ` Yes, but please provide the clue (was Re: [PATCH] Use new sb type) Moshe Yudkowsky
2008-01-28 19:10   ` [PATCH] Use new sb type Jan Engelhardt
2008-01-29 23:08   ` Bill Davidsen
2008-01-30 12:53     ` David Greaves
2008-02-08  0:23     ` Jan Engelhardt
2008-02-10 10:34       ` David Greaves
2008-02-10 12:12         ` Jan Engelhardt
2008-02-10 12:27           ` David Greaves
2008-02-10 12:30             ` Jan Engelhardt [this message]
2008-02-11  3:32               ` Bill Davidsen
2008-02-11  8:21               ` David Greaves
2008-02-11 18:28                 ` Bill Davidsen

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