RE: [PATCH] EnhanceIO ssd caching software

From: Amit Kale <akale@stec-inc.com>
To: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>,
	OS Engineering <osengineering@stec-inc.com>
Cc: "Greg Kroah-Hartman" <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
	"Darrick J. Wong" <darrick.wong@oracle.com>,
	"Sanoj Unnikrishnan" <sunnikrishnan@stec-inc.com>,
	王金浦 <jinpuwang@gmail.com>
Subject: RE: [PATCH] EnhanceIO ssd caching software
Date: Fri, 15 Feb 2013 18:36:31 +0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <C4B5704C6FEB5244B2A1BCC8CF83B86B0A624D6ADE@MYMBX.MY.STEC-INC.AD> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20130215092955.GY21269@kernel.dk>

> -----Original Message-----
> From: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org [mailto:linux-kernel-
> owner@vger.kernel.org] On Behalf Of Jens Axboe
> Sent: Friday, February 15, 2013 3:00 PM
> To: OS Engineering
> Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman; LKML; Darrick J. Wong; Sanoj Unnikrishnan;
> 王金浦; Amit Kale
> Subject: Re: [PATCH] EnhanceIO ssd caching software
> 
> On Fri, Feb 15 2013, OS Engineering wrote:
> > Hi Greg, Jens,
> >
> > We are submitting EnhanceIO(TM) software driver for an inclusion in
> > linux staging tree. Present state of this driver is beta. We have
> been
> > posting it for a few weeks, while it was maintained at github. It is
> > still being cleaned-up and is being tested by LKML members. Inclusion
> > in linux staging tree will make testing and reviewing easier and help
> > a future integration in Linux kernel.
> 
> From a quick look, this looks clean enough to not warrant a stop in
> staging. Why don't we just queue it up for 3.10, that will give it 3-4
> months before it hits a release kernel. So plenty of time to iron out
> any kinks in this. It's a driver and completely isolated at that, so
> I'd have no problem doing that.

That'll be great. A few more clean-ups are remaining. It's undergone extensive in-house testing in last few months, so I am hoping that we'll not see any bug reports.

Let's queue it for 3.10.

Thanks a lot.
-Amit

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