From: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
To: "Matias Bjørling" <mb@lightnvm.io>
Cc: linux-block@vger.kernel.org, "Matias Bjørling" <matias.bjorling@wdc.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/4] lightnvm pull request
Date: Tue, 13 Apr 2021 09:16:56 -0600 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <b98f19e9-bfda-fb61-fa56-c41d69d56edc@kernel.dk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20210413105257.159260-1-matias.bjorling@wdc.com>
On 4/13/21 4:52 AM, Matias Bjørling wrote:
> Hi Jens,
>
> Please pick up when convenient.
>
> This PR officially deprecates the lightnvm subsystem and prepares
> it to be removed from kernel 5.15 and onward.
>
> The lightnvm subsystem has been superseeded by the recently standardized
> NVMe Zoned Namespace (ZNS) Command Set specification. Together with other
> advancements in NVMe, it is now possible to implement all of the features that
> the original OCSSD work introduced.
>
> Thanks for enabling me to contribute the subsystem. It has been an incredible
> journey. While the subsystem itself had not had that many users outside of
> academia and initial PoCs, it has been instrumental in gaining
> enough mind-share in the industry, which ultimately has allowed ZNS SSDs to
> emerge. Thank you!
Applied, thanks.
--
Jens Axboe
prev parent reply other threads:[~2021-04-13 15:16 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2021-04-13 10:52 [PATCH 0/4] lightnvm pull request Matias Bjørling
2021-04-13 10:52 ` [PATCH 1/4] lightnvm: use kobj_to_dev() Matias Bjørling
2021-04-13 10:52 ` [PATCH 2/4] lightnvm: return the correct return value Matias Bjørling
2021-04-13 10:52 ` [PATCH 3/4] lightnvm: remove duplicate include in lightnvm.h Matias Bjørling
2021-04-13 10:52 ` [PATCH 4/4] lightnvm: deprecated OCSSD support and schedule it for removal in Linux 5.15 Matias Bjørling
2021-04-13 15:16 ` Jens Axboe [this message]
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