From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Verma, Vishal L" Subject: Re: Persistent memory interface Date: Mon, 22 Jun 2015 21:25:21 +0000 Message-ID: <1435008321.32433.79.camel@intel.com> References: <1434732620.32433.37.camel@intel.com> Reply-To: device-mapper development Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64 Return-path: In-Reply-To: Content-Language: en-US Content-ID: <8939DEDB29666E45946B2AA96A51A3AA@intel.com> List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: dm-devel-bounces@redhat.com Errors-To: dm-devel-bounces@redhat.com To: "doug@easyco.com" Cc: "Busch, Keith" , "akpm@linux-foundation.org" , "linux-nvdimm@ml01.01.org" , "luto@amacapital.net" , "axboe@fb.com" , "dm-devel@redhat.com" , "mpatocka@redhat.com" , "hpa@zytor.com" , "bp@alien8.de" , "tglx@linutronix.de" , "hch@lst.de" List-Id: dm-devel.ids T24gTW9uLCAyMDE1LTA2LTIyIGF0IDA5OjUwIC0wNzAwLCBEb3VnIER1bWl0cnUgd3JvdGU6Cj4g 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