Subject: Re: comparing raid-like filesystems
To: Jason R Thorpe <thorpej@wasabisystems.com>
From: Manuel Bouyer <bouyer@antioche.eu.org>
List: current-users
Date: 02/02/2003 22:03:45
On Sun, Feb 02, 2003 at 12:56:59PM -0800, Jason R Thorpe wrote:
> On Sun, Feb 02, 2003 at 09:12:24PM +0100, Manuel Bouyer wrote:
> 
>  > If we go this way, we'll probably have to do it at an upper level,
>  > to avoid code duplication if various drivers.
>  > 
>  > Do you see anything wrong with making MAXPHYS per-device ?
> 
> Ok, I think this is actually what I meant.

OK

> 
> BTW, MAXPHYS is kind of the wrong name.  The right name would be
> MAXIOSIZE ... and both the file systems and phsysio() should use
> it.

Yes, of course.
BTW, with per-device maxiosize, we could probably get rid of the
per-device minphys() functions.

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Manuel Bouyer <bouyer@antioche.eu.org>
     NetBSD: 24 ans d'experience feront toujours la difference
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