After the recent discussion I'm inclined to give this a
+1
I think this project, if approved, could be thought of being in an
incubator. It will incubate and grow for a while and then it is ready
for release into the wild (or an OpenSolaris distribution) then it can
go through the regular approval (ARC, et al) processes.
--jc
On 12/21/07 12:57, Cyril Plisko wrote:
> On Dec 21, 2007 8:29 PM, Chris Horne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>> To me, the proposal is not clear in regard to the intended scope, or in
>> its relationship to existing Solaris device management facilities.
>>
>
>
> Chris,
>
> Frankly speaking it is not clear to me either. That is why I said
> investigating is one of the goals. And that is why I want it to be
> a project endorsed by storage community. I am sufficiently motivated
> to work on this by myself, with zero visibility to os.org. However,
> I do not think it is a right thing to do. I want other people to be able
> to participate at the earliest stage possible. (Contrary to recent
> example of projects endorsed after integration into ON).
>
>
>> I understand wanting new file system support for *basic* media, but the
>> need to support *amalgamated* media (implemented via Device_Mapper and
>> LVM2) seems of lower priority.
>>
>
> This project is not related to file system, at least not directly. I see
> no reason to serialize them. And for what it worth, I do not agree
> that your prioritisation ("basic" vs. "amalgamated") is correct.
> Chances that you'll see mostly "amalgamated" ext3 volumes
> in the real world when dual boot with Solaris will be considered.
>
>
>> In terms of scope, is the proposal to make "Device_Mapper" a core
>> Solaris concept, or is it just there as a shim below the Linux file
>> system code?
>>
>
> I tend to think it is closer to be a core than to be a shim,
> but it is rather hard to say right now.
>
>
>
>> The broader the intended scope of this proposal, the more concern I
>> have. I wonder if we would be best served by deferring support for
>> amalgamated media, concentrateing on file systems mapping to basic
>> media.
>>
>
> Once again. It is not about file systems, it is about device mapper.
>
>
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