From: David Greaves <david@dgreaves.com>
To: Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@computergmbh.de>
Cc: Bill Davidsen <davidsen@tmr.com>,
neilb@suse.de, linux-raid@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Use new sb type
Date: Sun, 10 Feb 2008 10:34:02 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <47AED31A.3070704@dgreaves.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0801292347430.14907@fbirervta.pbzchgretzou.qr>
Jan Engelhardt wrote:
> On Jan 29 2008 18:08, Bill Davidsen wrote:
>
>>> 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."
>
> Layout names are a different matter from what the default sb type should
> be.
Indeed they are. Or rather should be.
However the current default sb includes a layout element. If the default sb is
changed then it seems like an opportunity to detach the data format from the
on-disk location.
David
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2008-02-10 10:34 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
2008-01-30 12:53 ` David Greaves
2008-02-08 0:23 ` Jan Engelhardt
2008-02-10 10:34 ` David Greaves [this message]
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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