Re: [PATCH v2 00/20] libnd: non-volatile memory device support

2015-05-08 Thread Williams, Dan J
On Tue, 2015-05-05 at 02:06 +0200, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote: > On Tuesday, April 28, 2015 06:22:05 PM Dan Williams wrote: > > On Tue, Apr 28, 2015 at 5:25 PM, Rafael J. Wysocki > > wrote: > > > On Tuesday, April 28, 2015 02:24:12 PM Dan Williams wrote: > > >> Changes since v1 [1]: Incorporates

Re: [PATCH v2 00/20] libnd: non-volatile memory device support

2015-05-08 Thread Williams, Dan J
On Tue, 2015-05-05 at 02:06 +0200, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote: On Tuesday, April 28, 2015 06:22:05 PM Dan Williams wrote: On Tue, Apr 28, 2015 at 5:25 PM, Rafael J. Wysocki r...@rjwysocki.net wrote: On Tuesday, April 28, 2015 02:24:12 PM Dan Williams wrote: Changes since v1 [1]:

Re: [Linux-nvdimm] [PATCH v2 00/20] libnd: non-volatile memory device support

2015-05-07 Thread Christoph Hellwig
On Tue, Apr 28, 2015 at 03:15:54PM -0700, Dan Williams wrote: > > lsblk's blkdev_scsi_type_to_name() considers 4 to mean > > SCSI_TYPE_WORM (write once read many ... used for certain optical > > and tape drives). > > Why is lsblk assuming these are scsi devices? I'll need to go check that out.

Re: [Linux-nvdimm] [PATCH v2 00/20] libnd: non-volatile memory device support

2015-05-07 Thread Christoph Hellwig
On Tue, Apr 28, 2015 at 03:15:54PM -0700, Dan Williams wrote: lsblk's blkdev_scsi_type_to_name() considers 4 to mean SCSI_TYPE_WORM (write once read many ... used for certain optical and tape drives). Why is lsblk assuming these are scsi devices? I'll need to go check that out. It's a

Re: [PATCH v2 00/20] libnd: non-volatile memory device support

2015-05-04 Thread Rafael J. Wysocki
On Tuesday, April 28, 2015 06:22:05 PM Dan Williams wrote: > On Tue, Apr 28, 2015 at 5:25 PM, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote: > > On Tuesday, April 28, 2015 02:24:12 PM Dan Williams wrote: > >> Changes since v1 [1]: Incorporates feedback received prior to April 24. > >> [cut] > > > > I'm wondering

Re: [PATCH v2 00/20] libnd: non-volatile memory device support

2015-05-04 Thread Rafael J. Wysocki
On Tuesday, April 28, 2015 06:22:05 PM Dan Williams wrote: On Tue, Apr 28, 2015 at 5:25 PM, Rafael J. Wysocki r...@rjwysocki.net wrote: On Tuesday, April 28, 2015 02:24:12 PM Dan Williams wrote: Changes since v1 [1]: Incorporates feedback received prior to April 24. [cut] I'm

Re: [PATCH v2 00/20] libnd: non-volatile memory device support

2015-04-30 Thread Ross Zwisler
On Tue, 2015-04-28 at 16:05 -0700, Andy Lutomirski wrote: > On Tue, Apr 28, 2015 at 3:28 PM, Dan Williams > wrote: > > On Tue, Apr 28, 2015 at 2:06 PM, Andy Lutomirski > > wrote: > >> On Tue, Apr 28, 2015 at 1:59 PM, Dan Williams > >> wrote: > >>> On Tue, Apr 28, 2015 at 1:52 PM, Andy

Re: [PATCH v2 00/20] libnd: non-volatile memory device support

2015-04-30 Thread Ross Zwisler
On Tue, 2015-04-28 at 16:05 -0700, Andy Lutomirski wrote: On Tue, Apr 28, 2015 at 3:28 PM, Dan Williams dan.j.willi...@intel.com wrote: On Tue, Apr 28, 2015 at 2:06 PM, Andy Lutomirski l...@amacapital.net wrote: On Tue, Apr 28, 2015 at 1:59 PM, Dan Williams dan.j.willi...@intel.com

Re: [PATCH v2 00/20] libnd: non-volatile memory device support

2015-04-28 Thread Dan Williams
On Tue, Apr 28, 2015 at 5:25 PM, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote: > On Tuesday, April 28, 2015 02:24:12 PM Dan Williams wrote: >> Changes since v1 [1]: Incorporates feedback received prior to April 24. >> >> 1/ Ingo said [2]: >> >>"So why on earth is this whole concept and the naming itself >>

Re: [PATCH v2 00/20] libnd: non-volatile memory device support

2015-04-28 Thread Rafael J. Wysocki
On Tuesday, April 28, 2015 02:24:12 PM Dan Williams wrote: > Changes since v1 [1]: Incorporates feedback received prior to April 24. > > 1/ Ingo said [2]: > >"So why on earth is this whole concept and the naming itself >('drivers/block/nd/' stands for 'NFIT Defined', apparently)

Re: [PATCH v2 00/20] libnd: non-volatile memory device support

2015-04-28 Thread Andy Lutomirski
On Tue, Apr 28, 2015 at 3:28 PM, Dan Williams wrote: > On Tue, Apr 28, 2015 at 2:06 PM, Andy Lutomirski wrote: >> On Tue, Apr 28, 2015 at 1:59 PM, Dan Williams >> wrote: >>> On Tue, Apr 28, 2015 at 1:52 PM, Andy Lutomirski >>> wrote: On Tue, Apr 28, 2015 at 11:24 AM, Dan Williams

Re: [PATCH v2 00/20] libnd: non-volatile memory device support

2015-04-28 Thread Dan Williams
On Tue, Apr 28, 2015 at 2:06 PM, Andy Lutomirski wrote: > On Tue, Apr 28, 2015 at 1:59 PM, Dan Williams > wrote: >> On Tue, Apr 28, 2015 at 1:52 PM, Andy Lutomirski wrote: >>> On Tue, Apr 28, 2015 at 11:24 AM, Dan Williams >>> wrote: Changes since v1 [1]: Incorporates feedback received

Re: [Linux-nvdimm] [PATCH v2 00/20] libnd: non-volatile memory device support

2015-04-28 Thread Dan Williams
us Torvalds >> Subject: [Linux-nvdimm] [PATCH v2 00/20] libnd: non-volatile memory device >> support >> >> Changes since v1 [1]: Incorporates feedback received prior to April 24. > > Here are some comments on the sysfs properties reported for a pmem device. > They a

RE: [Linux-nvdimm] [PATCH v2 00/20] libnd: non-volatile memory device support

2015-04-28 Thread Elliott, Robert (Server Storage)
Wysocki; Robert Moore; Ingo Molnar; linux-a...@vger.kernel.org; Jens Axboe; > Borislav Petkov; Thomas Gleixner; Greg KH; linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org; > Andy Lutomirski; Andrew Morton; Linus Torvalds > Subject: [Linux-nvdimm] [PATCH v2 00/20] libnd: non-volatile memory device > support >

Re: [PATCH v2 00/20] libnd: non-volatile memory device support

2015-04-28 Thread Andy Lutomirski
On Tue, Apr 28, 2015 at 1:59 PM, Dan Williams wrote: > On Tue, Apr 28, 2015 at 1:52 PM, Andy Lutomirski wrote: >> On Tue, Apr 28, 2015 at 11:24 AM, Dan Williams >> wrote: >>> Changes since v1 [1]: Incorporates feedback received prior to April 24. >>> >>> 1/ Ingo said [2]: >>> >>>"So

Re: [PATCH v2 00/20] libnd: non-volatile memory device support

2015-04-28 Thread Dan Williams
On Tue, Apr 28, 2015 at 1:52 PM, Andy Lutomirski wrote: > On Tue, Apr 28, 2015 at 11:24 AM, Dan Williams > wrote: >> Changes since v1 [1]: Incorporates feedback received prior to April 24. >> >> 1/ Ingo said [2]: >> >>"So why on earth is this whole concept and the naming itself >>

Re: [PATCH v2 00/20] libnd: non-volatile memory device support

2015-04-28 Thread Andy Lutomirski
On Tue, Apr 28, 2015 at 11:24 AM, Dan Williams wrote: > Changes since v1 [1]: Incorporates feedback received prior to April 24. > > 1/ Ingo said [2]: > >"So why on earth is this whole concept and the naming itself >('drivers/block/nd/' stands for 'NFIT Defined', apparently) >

[PATCH v2 00/20] libnd: non-volatile memory device support

2015-04-28 Thread Dan Williams
Changes since v1 [1]: Incorporates feedback received prior to April 24. 1/ Ingo said [2]: "So why on earth is this whole concept and the naming itself ('drivers/block/nd/' stands for 'NFIT Defined', apparently) revolving around a specific 'firmware' mindset and revolving

Re: [PATCH v2 00/20] libnd: non-volatile memory device support

2015-04-28 Thread Andy Lutomirski
On Tue, Apr 28, 2015 at 3:28 PM, Dan Williams dan.j.willi...@intel.com wrote: On Tue, Apr 28, 2015 at 2:06 PM, Andy Lutomirski l...@amacapital.net wrote: On Tue, Apr 28, 2015 at 1:59 PM, Dan Williams dan.j.willi...@intel.com wrote: On Tue, Apr 28, 2015 at 1:52 PM, Andy Lutomirski

Re: [PATCH v2 00/20] libnd: non-volatile memory device support

2015-04-28 Thread Dan Williams
On Tue, Apr 28, 2015 at 5:25 PM, Rafael J. Wysocki r...@rjwysocki.net wrote: On Tuesday, April 28, 2015 02:24:12 PM Dan Williams wrote: Changes since v1 [1]: Incorporates feedback received prior to April 24. 1/ Ingo said [2]: So why on earth is this whole concept and the naming itself

Re: [PATCH v2 00/20] libnd: non-volatile memory device support

2015-04-28 Thread Rafael J. Wysocki
On Tuesday, April 28, 2015 02:24:12 PM Dan Williams wrote: Changes since v1 [1]: Incorporates feedback received prior to April 24. 1/ Ingo said [2]: So why on earth is this whole concept and the naming itself ('drivers/block/nd/' stands for 'NFIT Defined', apparently)

Re: [PATCH v2 00/20] libnd: non-volatile memory device support

2015-04-28 Thread Andy Lutomirski
On Tue, Apr 28, 2015 at 1:59 PM, Dan Williams dan.j.willi...@intel.com wrote: On Tue, Apr 28, 2015 at 1:52 PM, Andy Lutomirski l...@amacapital.net wrote: On Tue, Apr 28, 2015 at 11:24 AM, Dan Williams dan.j.willi...@intel.com wrote: Changes since v1 [1]: Incorporates feedback received prior

Re: [PATCH v2 00/20] libnd: non-volatile memory device support

2015-04-28 Thread Dan Williams
On Tue, Apr 28, 2015 at 1:52 PM, Andy Lutomirski l...@amacapital.net wrote: On Tue, Apr 28, 2015 at 11:24 AM, Dan Williams dan.j.willi...@intel.com wrote: Changes since v1 [1]: Incorporates feedback received prior to April 24. 1/ Ingo said [2]: So why on earth is this whole concept

Re: [PATCH v2 00/20] libnd: non-volatile memory device support

2015-04-28 Thread Dan Williams
On Tue, Apr 28, 2015 at 2:06 PM, Andy Lutomirski l...@amacapital.net wrote: On Tue, Apr 28, 2015 at 1:59 PM, Dan Williams dan.j.willi...@intel.com wrote: On Tue, Apr 28, 2015 at 1:52 PM, Andy Lutomirski l...@amacapital.net wrote: On Tue, Apr 28, 2015 at 11:24 AM, Dan Williams

Re: [PATCH v2 00/20] libnd: non-volatile memory device support

2015-04-28 Thread Andy Lutomirski
On Tue, Apr 28, 2015 at 11:24 AM, Dan Williams dan.j.willi...@intel.com wrote: Changes since v1 [1]: Incorporates feedback received prior to April 24. 1/ Ingo said [2]: So why on earth is this whole concept and the naming itself ('drivers/block/nd/' stands for 'NFIT Defined',

RE: [Linux-nvdimm] [PATCH v2 00/20] libnd: non-volatile memory device support

2015-04-28 Thread Elliott, Robert (Server Storage)
Molnar; linux-a...@vger.kernel.org; Jens Axboe; Borislav Petkov; Thomas Gleixner; Greg KH; linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org; Andy Lutomirski; Andrew Morton; Linus Torvalds Subject: [Linux-nvdimm] [PATCH v2 00/20] libnd: non-volatile memory device support Changes since v1 [1]: Incorporates feedback

Re: [Linux-nvdimm] [PATCH v2 00/20] libnd: non-volatile memory device support

2015-04-28 Thread Dan Williams
Chinner; H. Peter Anvin; Christoph Hellwig; Rafael J. Wysocki; Robert Moore; Ingo Molnar; linux-a...@vger.kernel.org; Jens Axboe; Borislav Petkov; Thomas Gleixner; Greg KH; linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org; Andy Lutomirski; Andrew Morton; Linus Torvalds Subject: [Linux-nvdimm] [PATCH v2 00/20] libnd

[PATCH v2 00/20] libnd: non-volatile memory device support

2015-04-28 Thread Dan Williams
Changes since v1 [1]: Incorporates feedback received prior to April 24. 1/ Ingo said [2]: So why on earth is this whole concept and the naming itself ('drivers/block/nd/' stands for 'NFIT Defined', apparently) revolving around a specific 'firmware' mindset and revolving