Re: MD and rotational attribute

[NeilBrown]

On Sun, 26 Feb 2012 19:18:12 -0500 "Martin K. Petersen"
<martin.petersen@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> >>>>> "Neil" == NeilBrown  <neilb@xxxxxxx> writes:
> 
> Neil,
> 
> Neil> (I would say that the name 'rotational' is a bug - the issues here
> Neil> is really whether seek is fast or slow is it not??... but no
> Neil> matter).
> 
> Both the ATA and SCSI specs use the term 'rotational' which I guess is
> how we ended up with that name.
> 
> 
> Neil> What do you think Martin?  Should QUEUE_FLAG_NONROT move to
> Neil> queue_limits much like QUEUE_FLAG_CLUSTER did?
> 
> Absolutely. I posted some patches converting both the nonrot and
> discard/secure discard queue flags a while back but they didn't go
> in. I'll freshen up the kit and resend...
> 

Thanks!

NeilBrown

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