Re: [Announce] "iswraid" (ICH5R/ICH6R ataraid sub-driver) for 2.4.28-pre3

[Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz]

On Sat, 09 Oct 2004 19:36:13 -0400, Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> 
> Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz wrote:
> > On Sat, 09 Oct 2004 18:07:29 -0400, Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> >>Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz wrote:
> >>
> >>>I may sound like an ignorant but...
> >>>
> >>>Why can't device mapper be merged into 2.4 instead?
> >>>Is there something wrong with 2.4 device mapper patch?
> >>>
> >>>It would more convenient (same driver for 2.4 and 2.6)
> >>>and would benefit users of other software RAIDs
> >>>(easier transition to 2.6).
> >>
> >>OTOH, that would be introducing a brand new RAID/LVM subsystem in the
> >>middle of a stable series...
> >
> >
> > Quoting Marcelo:
> >
> >
> >>New drivers are OK, as long as they dont break existing setups,
> >>and if substantial amount of users will benefit from it.
> >
> >
> > IMHO both conditions are fulfilled.
> 
> 
> Note I said "subsystem", Marcelo said "driver".  I don't object to
> adding DM to 2.4.x, but I think it's a rather large addition with
> consequences WRT LVM1 versus LVM2, and perhaps other issues as well.

I agree but merging iswraid into 2.4 can be compared to adding
new IDE host driver for SATA controller while libata is available.
I hope you get the idea. ;)
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