From: Bill Davidsen <davidsen@tmr.com>
To: David Greaves <david@dgreaves.com>
Cc: Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@computergmbh.de>,
neilb@suse.de, linux-raid@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Use new sb type
Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2008 18:08:43 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <479FB1FB.6040500@tmr.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <479E1C95.1040008@dgreaves.com>
David Greaves wrote:
> Jan Engelhardt wrote:
>
>> This makes 1.0 the default sb type for new arrays.
>>
>>
>
> IIRC there was a discussion a while back on renaming mdadm options (google "Time
> to deprecate old RAID formats?") and the superblocks to emphasise the location
> and data structure. Would it be good to introduce the new names at the same time
> as changing the default format/on-disk-location?
>
Yes, I suggested some layout names, as did a few other people, and a few
changes to separate metadata type and position were discussed. BUT,
changing the default layout, no matter how "better" it seems, is trumped
by "breaks existing setups and user practice." For all of the reasons
something else is preferable, 1.0 *works*.
--
Bill Davidsen <davidsen@tmr.com>
"Woe unto the statesman who makes war without a reason that will still
be valid when the war is over..." Otto von Bismark
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2008-01-29 23:08 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 18+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2008-01-28 17:22 [PATCH] Use new sb type Jan Engelhardt
2008-01-28 18:19 ` David Greaves
2008-01-28 18:47 ` Peter Rabbitson
2008-01-28 19:32 ` David Greaves
2008-01-29 4:09 ` Tim Southerwood
2008-01-29 9:37 ` Peter Rabbitson
2008-01-29 11:25 ` Yes, but please provide the clue (was Re: [PATCH] Use new sb type) Moshe Yudkowsky
2008-01-28 19:10 ` [PATCH] Use new sb type Jan Engelhardt
2008-01-29 23:08 ` Bill Davidsen [this message]
2008-01-30 12:53 ` David Greaves
2008-02-08 0:23 ` Jan Engelhardt
2008-02-10 10:34 ` David Greaves
2008-02-10 12:12 ` Jan Engelhardt
2008-02-10 12:27 ` David Greaves
2008-02-10 12:30 ` Jan Engelhardt
2008-02-11 3:32 ` Bill Davidsen
2008-02-11 8:21 ` David Greaves
2008-02-11 18:28 ` Bill Davidsen
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