Re: [OT] kiobuf on ide ?

[Steve Lord <lord@xxxxxxx>]

> >>>>> "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...

Woops, not enough coffee yet, Martin is looking at LVM, not md (yet) - sorry
about that.

Steve

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