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SubjectRe: [dm-devel] [PATCH 11/13] dm: enable request-based dm
On Fri, Sep 12, 2008 at 8:16 PM, Kiyoshi Ueda <k-ueda@ct.jp.nec.com> wrote:
> This patch enables request-based dm.
>
> o Request-based dm and bio-based dm coexist, since there are
> some target drivers which are more fitting to bio-based dm.
> Also, there are other bio-based devices in the kernel
> (e.g. md, loop).
> Since bio-based device can't receive struct request,
> there are some limitations on device stacking between
> bio-based and request-based.
>
> type of underlying device
> bio-based requeset-based
> ----------------------------------------------
> bio-based OK OK
> request-based NG OK
>

So will some configurations would become impossible, if a target is
made request-based and bio-based one is removed. Hope both
types of targets would co-exist and would be selectable for sometime.

> The device type is recognized by the queue flag in the kernel,
> so dm follows that.
>
> o The type of a dm device is decided at the first table loading time.
> Until then, mempool creations are deferred, since mempools for
> request-based dm are different from those for bio-based dm.
> Once the type of a dm device is decided, the type can't be changed.
>
> o Currently, request-based dm supports only tables that have a single
> target.

Barrier support should be straight forward?

Thanks
Nikanth Karthikesan


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