From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751367AbWDUWKT (ORCPT ); Fri, 21 Apr 2006 18:10:19 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751369AbWDUWKS (ORCPT ); Fri, 21 Apr 2006 18:10:18 -0400 Received: from e4.ny.us.ibm.com ([32.97.182.144]:41376 "EHLO e4.ny.us.ibm.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751370AbWDUWKR (ORCPT ); Fri, 21 Apr 2006 18:10:17 -0400 Subject: Re: [ckrm-tech] [RFC] [PATCH 00/12] CKRM after a major overhaul From: Matt Helsley To: Al Boldi Cc: LKML In-Reply-To: <200604212207.44266.a1426z@gawab.com> References: <200604212207.44266.a1426z@gawab.com> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Fri, 21 Apr 2006 15:04:08 -0700 Message-Id: <1145657048.21109.583.camel@stark> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.0.4 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Fri, 2006-04-21 at 22:07 +0300, Al Boldi wrote: > Chandra Seetharaman wrote: > > On Fri, 2006-04-21 at 07:49 -0700, Dave Hansen wrote: > > > On Thu, 2006-04-20 at 19:24 -0700, sekharan@us.ibm.com wrote: > > > > CKRM has gone through a major overhaul by removing some of the > > > > complexity, cutting down on features and moving portions to userspace. > > > > > > What do you want done with these patches? Do you think they are ready > > > for mainline? -mm? Or, are you just posting here for comments? > > > > We think it is ready for -mm. But, want to go through a review cycle in > > lkml before i request Andrew for that. > > IMHO, it would be a good idea to decouple the current implementation and > reconnect them via an open mapper/wrapper to allow a more flexible/open > approach to resource management, which may ease its transition into > mainline, due to a step-by-step instead of an all-or-none approach. > > Thanks! > > -- > Al Hi Al, I'm sorry, I don't understand what you're suggesting. Could you please elaborate on how you think it should be decoupled? Thanks, -Matt Helsley