Subject: Re: wedges and what does that mean?
To: None <current-users@netbsd.org>
From: Christos Zoulas <christos@astron.com>
List: current-users
Date: 09/07/2006 17:52:07
In article <20060907174618.GA22185@panix.com>,
Thor Lancelot Simon <tls@rek.tjls.com> wrote:
>On Thu, Sep 07, 2006 at 10:43:28AM -0700, Bill Studenmund wrote:
>> On Wed, Sep 06, 2006 at 09:58:54AM +0200, Pavel Cahyna wrote:
>> > On Tue, Sep 05, 2006 at 10:31:08AM -0700, Bill Studenmund wrote:
>> > > The up-shot is that we need a way to rename and re-minor-number devices.
>> > > Combine that with a daemon that keeps state in userland, and we force
>> > > wedges to come back with the same minor # as before.
>> >
>> > The point is, we don't have such thing yet. Shouldn't we delay migrating
>> > to wedges?
>>
>> No, as we'll never get it if we keep delaying.
>
>I cannot believe you seriously mean to suggest that it is worth breaking
>operation as NFS server in a severe way to avoid further delay migrating
>to wedges. Is that really what you mean?
There is no plan to convert to wedges until we have resolved all the issues.
christos