From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Tue, 11 Sep 2001 11:26:29 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Tue, 11 Sep 2001 11:26:19 -0400 Received: from ns.caldera.de ([212.34.180.1]:31105 "EHLO ns.caldera.de") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Tue, 11 Sep 2001 11:26:07 -0400 Date: Tue, 11 Sep 2001 17:26:21 +0200 Message-Id: <200109111526.f8BFQLr25266@ns.caldera.de> From: Christoph Hellwig To: david.balazic@uni-mb.si (David Balazic) Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: IBMs LVM ? X-Newsgroups: caldera.lists.linux.kernel In-Reply-To: <3B9E255C.8943D6BB@uni-mb.si> User-Agent: tin/1.4.4-20000803 ("Vet for the Insane") (UNIX) (Linux/2.4.2 (i686)) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In article <3B9E255C.8943D6BB@uni-mb.si> you wrote: > Hi! > I heard rumors about IBM porting their LVM code from AIX to Linux. IBM has an OpenSource volume manager called evms, and although it does support AIX Volumes is has it's root in IBM's OS/2 volume management system. (I believe someone at IBM thinks of PCs when hearing Linux so all their ports start from OS/2...) > I guess the current LVM code is not from IBM ? The current code is from Heinz Maulshagen and now matained by Sistina, the company he works for. > Will it be replaced with the one from IBM ? ALthough the current LVM has its's issues I hope not so - the current EVMS is the best example on hhow to not write kernel subsystems. Christoph -- Whip me. Beat me. Make me maintain AIX.