Re: GFS requirements (was: Non-GPL export of invalidate_mmap_range)

[Lars Marowsky-Bree]

On 2004-02-20T17:16:02,
   Daniel Phillips <phillips@xxxxxxxx> said:

I'm trimming the mm list, because this isn't relevant to them.

> Again, we (everybody who cared to jump in) now agree on what is sane
> here, it's quite logical.  As for supplying background material so
> this makes sense to a wider group of people, sorry it's been on my
> to-do list for a while.  Getting a DFS, namely Sistina GFS, into the
> tree is underway as you know from the press release, however turning
> the ship takes time.  Meanwhile, the api discussion can't wait because
> the rudder on that ship is even smaller.

Surely, such a GFS needs a cluster infrastructure - membership,
messaging, DLM - in the kernel.

Can you or anyone else from Sistina/RHAT clarify on the details of
this?


Sincerely,
    Lars Marowsky-Brée <lmb@xxxxxxx>

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