| To: | Steve Lord <lord@xxxxxxx> |
|---|---|
| Subject: | Re: [OT] kiobuf on ide ? |
| From: | "Martin K. Petersen" <mkp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> |
| Date: | 17 Aug 2000 10:25:50 -0400 |
| Cc: | Thomas Graichen <graichen@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, thomas.graichen@xxxxxxxxxxxxx, linux-xfs@xxxxxxxxxxx |
| In-reply-to: | Steve Lord's message of "Thu, 17 Aug 2000 08:57:00 -0500" |
| Organization: | Linuxcare, Inc. |
| References: | <200008171357.IAA15222@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> |
| Sender: | owner-linux-xfs@xxxxxxxxxxx |
| User-agent: | Gnus/5.0807 (Gnus v5.8.7) XEmacs/21.1 (Canyonlands) |
>>>>> "Steve" == Steve Lord <lord@xxxxxxx> writes: Steve> There are issues in both code bases - for example md has always Steve> worked just by redirecting fixed size requests to the correct Steve> devices - introducing kiobufs into its I/O path means it has to Steve> cope with variable sized requests and do things like request Steve> splitting. FWIW, same goes for LVM... -- Martin K. Petersen Principal Linux Consultant, Linuxcare, Inc. http://mkp.net/ SGI XFS, Linux/PA-RISC, GNOME |
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