From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Hannes Reinecke Subject: Re: [Lsf-pc] [LSF/MM TOPIC] - SMR Modifications to EXT4 (and other generic file systems) Date: Sat, 10 Jan 2015 14:40:32 +0100 Message-ID: <54B12BD0.4080608@suse.de> References: <54AD496B.8080708@oracle.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE Cc: linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org, linux-ide@vger.kernel.org, linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org To: Sasha Levin , Adrian Palmer , lsf-pc@lists.linux-foundation.org Return-path: In-Reply-To: <54AD496B.8080708@oracle.com> Sender: linux-ide-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-fsdevel.vger.kernel.org On 01/07/2015 03:57 PM, Sasha Levin wrote: > On 01/06/2015 06:29 PM, Adrian Palmer wrote: >> I'd like to host a discussion of SMRFFS and ZAC for consumer and clo= ud >> systems at LSF/MM. I want to gather community consensus at LSF/MM of= the >> required technical kernel changes before this topic is presented at = Vault. >> >> Subtopics: >> >> On-disk metadata structures and data algorithms >> Explicit in-order write requirement and a look at the IO stack >> New IOCTLs to call from the FS and the need to know about the underl= ying >> disk -- no longer completely disk agnostic >=20 > Where can we read about the details of SMRFFS before LSF/MM / Vault? >=20 Please be aware that I've been working on a ZAC prototype, and have applied for a session at LSF/MM. And my paper for Vault has just been accepted (which will be a survey o= f existing filesystems and their suitability for SMR drives). Can you keep me in the loop here? Maybe we should have a joint session at LSF ... Cheers, Hannes --=20 Dr. Hannes Reinecke zSeries & Storage hare@suse.de +49 911 74053 688 SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, Maxfeldstr. 5, 90409 N=FCrnberg GF: J. Hawn, J. Guild, F. Imend=F6rffer, HRB 16746 (AG N=FCrnberg)