Re: [osd-dev] [PATCH 7/9] exofs: mkexofs

J. Bruce Fields
2009-01-02T00:06:18Z

On Thu, Jan 01, 2009 at 11:22:45AM +0200, Benny Halevy wrote:
> On Dec. 31, 2008, 17:57 +0200, James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@HansenPartnership.com> wrote:
> > I don't like it mainly because it's not truly a useful general framework
> > for others to build on. However, as argued above, there might not
> > actually be such a useful framework, so as long as the only two
> > consumers (you and Lustre) want an interface like this, I'll put it in.
>
> Not to mention pnfs over objects which is coming up around the corner.
> The pnfs-obj layout driver will use the osd initiator library as well
> for distributed data I/O access (while the metadata server, to be based
> on exofs accesses the OSD for metadata and security ops too)

What state is that project in right now?

--b.