Re: [EXT] Re: [PATCH v2 00/22] add Object Storage Media Pool (mpool)

From: Mike Snitzer
Date: Wed Oct 21 2020 - 10:24:21 EST


Hey Dan,

On Fri, Oct 16, 2020 at 6:38 PM Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On Fri, Oct 16, 2020 at 2:59 PM Nabeel Meeramohideen Mohamed
> (nmeeramohide) <nmeeramohide@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > (5) Representing an mpool as a /dev/mpool/<mpool-name> device file provides a
> > convenient mechanism for controlling access to and managing the multiple storage
> > volumes, and in the future pmem devices, that may comprise an logical mpool.
>
> Christoph and I have talked about replacing the pmem driver's
> dependence on device-mapper for pooling.

Was this discussion done publicly or private? If public please share
a pointer to the thread.

I'd really like to understand the problem statement that is leading to
pursuing a pmem native alternative to existing DM.

Thanks,
Mike