Re: [LSF/MM/BPF BoF] BoF for Zoned Storage

Javier González
2022-03-11T08:59:32Z

On 11.03.2022 00:46, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
>On Fri, Mar 11, 2022 at 08:53:17AM +0100, Javier González wrote:
>> How do you propose we meed the request from Damien to support _all_
>> existing users if we remove the PO2 constraint from the block layer?
>
>By actually making the users support it. Not by adding crap to
>block drivers to pretend that they are exposing something totally
>different than what they actually are.

Ok. Is it reasonable for you that we start removing the PO2 check in the
block layer and then add btrfs support? This will mean that some
applications that assume PO2 will not work.

Damien: Are you OK with this?

We can then work on other parts as needed (e.g., ZoneFS)