From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Emmanuel Florac Subject: Re: Partitions on bcache devices Date: Thu, 29 Sep 2016 19:11:27 +0200 Message-ID: <20160929191127.779f94d0@harpe.intellique.com> References: <951934014.5256.1475070307225@ox.pcextreme.nl> <20160928191142.2e545aa5@harpe.intellique.com> <1406388200.5277.1475090090844@ox.pcextreme.nl> <20160929160903.10b63b45@harpe.intellique.com> <20160929174056.Horde.Tkp24xa2MRhriRvK8KE1QU8@www3.nde.ag> <20160929183122.3641f307@harpe.intellique.com> <293451899.5382.1475167934533@ox.pcextreme.nl> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; boundary="Sig_/1SxzsD4EoE2kw_s.sPj+yez"; protocol="application/pgp-signature" Return-path: Received: from mail1.g1.pair.com ([66.39.3.162]:43047 "EHLO mail1.g1.pair.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S934046AbcI2RLZ (ORCPT ); Thu, 29 Sep 2016 13:11:25 -0400 In-Reply-To: <293451899.5382.1475167934533@ox.pcextreme.nl> Sender: linux-bcache-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-bcache@vger.kernel.org To: Wido den Hollander Cc: "Jens-U. Mozdzen" , linux-bcache@vger.kernel.org --Sig_/1SxzsD4EoE2kw_s.sPj+yez Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Le Thu, 29 Sep 2016 18:52:14 +0200 (CEST) Wido den Hollander =C3=A9crivait: > > I agree, but usually you wouldn't partition an MD-RAID either, would > > you? OSDs are still holding (so far) ordinary filesystems locally > > mounted on the nodes (except for BlueStore AFAIK). > > =20 >=20 > I have partitioned MD-RAID before, works just fine. >=20 Yes, sure. It just doesn't feel right, my grey-bearded Unix instinct tingles :) > The question still remains, can bcache be patched that it allocates > the right minor in the kernel so that it allows for partitions. Even looks easy... As Sam Yaple made a patch. > I'm not a kernel nor bcache developer, just looking for somebody who > would be willing to do this. Happy to assist, support and test! Well if I have some time I may give it a try next week :) --=20 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Emmanuel Florac | Direction technique | Intellique | | +33 1 78 94 84 02 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ --Sig_/1SxzsD4EoE2kw_s.sPj+yez Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Description: Signature digitale OpenPGP -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2 iEYEARECAAYFAlftSz8ACgkQX3jQXNUicVZeuACcC9vV8vP6269N1J3ltkL4Rayk qjgAnj0LH7SWDdyftaklZ2Kp7SFoOg3M =u1gL -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Sig_/1SxzsD4EoE2kw_s.sPj+yez--