From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jeff Garzik Subject: Re: [PATCHSET] block,scsi,libata: implement alt_size Date: Fri, 08 May 2009 12:21:45 -0400 Message-ID: <4A045C19.4060801@garzik.org> References: <1233456951-992-1-git-send-email-tj@kernel.org> <49F902CF.7080307@garzik.org> <49F903DD.8040707@kernel.org> <49FA0349.3090706@garzik.org> <49FEA127.1000905@kernel.org> <49FFB275.7000507@kernel.org> <4A03F7A8.9090204@kernel.org> Reply-To: device-mapper development Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: <4A03F7A8.9090204@kernel.org> List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: dm-devel-bounces@redhat.com Errors-To: dm-devel-bounces@redhat.com To: Tejun Heo Cc: linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org, Mauelshagen@redhat.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-ide@vger.kernel.org, dm-devel@redhat.com, jens.axboe@oracle.com List-Id: dm-devel.ids Tejun Heo wrote: > Dan Williams wrote: >> On Mon, May 4, 2009 at 8:28 PM, Tejun Heo wrote: >>> Pushing this in the kernel without updating dm-raid is kind of >>> pointless. Who should I be poking to get the userland part moving? >> Dmraid is not the only potential user. Mdadm will also care about >> this as I have seen a report that points to a user having what looks >> like an HPA issue with an Intel(R) Matrix array. So, there are two >> immediate users for this interface. Heinz is the right person to poke >> for dmraid updates. I'll handle the mdadm update. > > Alright, then. With Jeff's reluctant ack and scheduled mdadm update, > I guess this one can go upstream. I'll refresh the patchset and > repost. Umm... BTW do I have Heinz's mail address right? The email addr is correct according to dmraid-current.tar.bz2 (dated Sep 2008), at least. I don't have any better info. Jeff From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1760153AbZEHQWg (ORCPT ); Fri, 8 May 2009 12:22:36 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1755229AbZEHQVx (ORCPT ); Fri, 8 May 2009 12:21:53 -0400 Received: from srv5.dvmed.net ([207.36.208.214]:52763 "EHLO mail.dvmed.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754281AbZEHQVv (ORCPT ); Fri, 8 May 2009 12:21:51 -0400 Message-ID: <4A045C19.4060801@garzik.org> Date: Fri, 08 May 2009 12:21:45 -0400 From: Jeff Garzik User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.21 (X11/20090320) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Tejun Heo CC: Dan Williams , linux-ide@vger.kernel.org, jens.axboe@oracle.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org, James.Bottomley@hansenpartnership.com, Mauelshagen@redhat.com, dm-devel@redhat.com Subject: Re: [PATCHSET] block,scsi,libata: implement alt_size References: <1233456951-992-1-git-send-email-tj@kernel.org> <49F902CF.7080307@garzik.org> <49F903DD.8040707@kernel.org> <49FA0349.3090706@garzik.org> <49FEA127.1000905@kernel.org> <49FFB275.7000507@kernel.org> <4A03F7A8.9090204@kernel.org> In-Reply-To: <4A03F7A8.9090204@kernel.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Score: -4.4 (----) X-Spam-Report: SpamAssassin version 3.2.5 on srv5.dvmed.net summary: Content analysis details: (-4.4 points, 5.0 required) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Tejun Heo wrote: > Dan Williams wrote: >> On Mon, May 4, 2009 at 8:28 PM, Tejun Heo wrote: >>> Pushing this in the kernel without updating dm-raid is kind of >>> pointless. Who should I be poking to get the userland part moving? >> Dmraid is not the only potential user. Mdadm will also care about >> this as I have seen a report that points to a user having what looks >> like an HPA issue with an Intel(R) Matrix array. So, there are two >> immediate users for this interface. Heinz is the right person to poke >> for dmraid updates. I'll handle the mdadm update. > > Alright, then. With Jeff's reluctant ack and scheduled mdadm update, > I guess this one can go upstream. I'll refresh the patchset and > repost. Umm... BTW do I have Heinz's mail address right? The email addr is correct according to dmraid-current.tar.bz2 (dated Sep 2008), at least. I don't have any better info. Jeff