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From: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 02/15] libnvdimm: infrastructure for btt devices
Date: Tue, 23 Jun 2015 12:10:04 +0200
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On Mon, Jun 22, 2015 at 02:32:53PM -0400, Jeff Moyer wrote:
> How will this subdivision be recorded?  Not all NVDIMMs support the
> label specification.

Labeks woud be preferable, it's a pity the spec is so vague.

> Sysadmins are already familiar with partitions;  I'm not sure why we'd
> deviate from that here.  What am I missing?

The layering architecture I guess?