[PATCH v4 1/2] libxcmd: generalize topology functions

Eric Sandeen sandeen at sandeen.net
Fri Feb 12 20:22:19 CST 2016



On 2/12/16 1:47 PM, Bill O'Donnell wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 12, 2016 at 11:39:42AM -0800, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
>> On Fri, Feb 12, 2016 at 01:03:30PM -0600, Bill O'Donnell wrote:
>>> Move general topology functions from xfs_mkfs to new topology
>>> collection in libxcmd.
>>
>> Why libxcmd and not libxfs?
> 
> We discussed that a bit. Since libxfs has the kernel support code, and
> not generally the xfsprogs library, I put it in libxcmd.

Yep, Dave asked for libxcmd, to keep stuff that's not shared with
the kernel away from libxfs.

-Eric



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