DragonFly kernel List (threaded) for 2005-02
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Re: RFC: backporting GEOM to the 4.x branch
:dillon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
:
:> I don't have any plans to backport GEOM. We have plans to create a
:> more generic device and vfs infrastructure, which is similar, but
:> we have no plans to backport the actual GEOM code.
:
:When do you expect the VFS code to be ready for the implementation of such
:a GEOM-like layer? Also, do you intend to keep the API and the terminology
:compliant with that of GEOM?
:
:ALeine
There is no ETA for this stuff, and no, the API will not be compatible
with GEOM. You seem to be quite fixated on GEOM. I consider it an
interesting subproject but trying to port it would bind us to the FreeBSD
BIO model which isn't all that good as far as I am concerned.
-Matt
Matthew Dillon
<dillon@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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