From: Mike Snitzer <snitzer@redhat.com>
To: John Utz <John.Utz@wdc.com>
Cc: "dm-devel@redhat.com" <dm-devel@redhat.com>
Subject: Re: device mapper target vs personality, how do you decide to pick one or the other?
Date: Fri, 11 Jul 2014 17:51:20 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20140711215120.GE9231@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <8A51900D08212F40B3DE22453052F69839C45AE5@wdscexmb02>
On Fri, Jul 11 2014 at 5:28pm -0400,
John Utz <John.Utz@wdc.com> wrote:
> Hi;
>
> having stared at the code associated with these 2 constructs for a while, i cant come up with a clear reason why one would choose one over the other.
>
> having said that, it seems that the personality code is ancestral and
> is used for the personalities that can be compiled into device mapper
> and the target code is for newer stuff that is not expected to be
> compiled into device mapper.
Not sure I know what you mean by "personality code" in DM.
> so, based on this speculation, i *think* i should be using the target
> construct for the new device mapper module that i am currently
> coding.
>
> am i correct?
Probably.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2014-07-11 21:51 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2014-07-11 21:28 device mapper target vs personality, how do you decide to pick one or the other? John Utz
2014-07-11 21:51 ` Mike Snitzer [this message]
2014-07-11 21:56 ` John Utz
2014-07-12 0:36 ` Mike Snitzer
2014-07-14 17:15 ` John Utz
2014-07-14 22:08 ` John Utz
2014-07-14 11:25 ` Bryn M. Reeves
2014-07-14 17:00 ` John Utz
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