elevators (was Re: I request inclusion of reiser4 in the mainline kernel)

Nick Piggin
2005-09-20T08:31:21Z

CC list trimmed.

On Tue, 2005-09-20 at 00:59 -0700, Hans Reiser wrote:
> Nick Piggin wrote:
>
> >On Mon, 2005-09-19 at 23:28 -0700, Hans Reiser wrote:
> >
> >

> >Well the terminology changed to "io scheduler" now, however the
> >residual "elevator" name found in places doesn't cause anyone
> >any problems and there isn't much reason to change it other than
> >the desire to break things.
> >
> >
> Did you really say that? I mean, come on, can't you at least manage a
> "well, it ought to get changed but I am busy with something more
> exciting to me".
>

In a perfect world maybe it should be changed, however I don't
know what out of tree drivers rely on the interface and I really
don't care to find out. Simple as that.

> Ask Nate about this after he gets an ok from the customer to disclose
> his work. It is not so simple as you claim.
>

Nate, I would be very interested to hear about your work if
and when you are able to disclose it.

[snip devfs]

Yeah I was just trying to introduce some humour to the thread!
Or maybe deflate one flamewar by starting another :)

Nick

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