From: Matthew Wilcox <willy@debian.org>
To: Jens Axboe <axboe@suse.de>
Cc: Mark Lord <lsml@rtr.ca>,
dougg@torque.net, Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@pobox.com>,
linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] New QStor SATA/RAID Driver for 2.6.9-rc2
Date: Wed, 15 Sep 2004 14:13:11 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20040915131311.GD642@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20040915125545.GE4111@suse.de>
On Wed, Sep 15, 2004 at 02:55:46PM +0200, Jens Axboe wrote:
> The remaining piece (well the biggest one at least) is a nice /dev/disk
> abstraction. That's currently the biggest obstacle to nice generic block
> drivers, not the infrastructure.
I'll just take this opportunity to plug /dev/drive over /dev/disk.
Not only does it avoid the disc/disk dialect problem, it is also more
accurate in the case of removable media.
--
"Next the statesmen will invent cheap lies, putting the blame upon
the nation that is attacked, and every man will be glad of those
conscience-soothing falsities, and will diligently study them, and refuse
to examine any refutations of them; and thus he will by and by convince
himself that the war is just, and will thank God for the better sleep
he enjoys after this process of grotesque self-deception." -- Mark Twain
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2004-09-15 13:13 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 26+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2004-09-14 15:43 [PATCH] New QStor SATA/RAID Driver for 2.6.9-rc2 Mark Lord
2004-09-14 16:21 ` Jeff Garzik
2004-09-14 16:23 ` Jeff Garzik
2004-09-14 16:39 ` Nathan Bryant
2004-09-14 17:02 ` Jeff Garzik
2004-09-15 4:22 ` Douglas Gilbert
2004-09-15 4:30 ` Jeff Garzik
2004-09-15 12:47 ` Mark Lord
2004-09-15 12:55 ` Jens Axboe
2004-09-15 13:13 ` Matthew Wilcox [this message]
2004-09-15 16:14 ` Jeff Garzik
2004-09-15 7:02 ` Christoph Hellwig
[not found] <41471163.10709@rtr.ca>
2004-09-14 17:00 ` Jeff Garzik
2004-09-14 17:27 ` Mark Lord
2004-09-14 17:33 ` Jeff Garzik
2004-09-14 17:51 ` Mark Lord
2004-09-14 17:56 ` Jeff Garzik
2004-09-14 18:03 ` Mark Lord
2004-09-14 18:07 ` Jeff Garzik
2004-09-14 18:08 ` Jeff Garzik
2004-09-14 18:25 ` James Bottomley
2004-09-14 18:35 ` Jeff Garzik
2004-09-14 18:51 ` James Bottomley
2004-09-15 2:39 ` Mark Lord
2004-09-15 2:47 ` Jeff Garzik
2004-09-15 12:35 ` Mark Lord
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