linux-ext4 - Re: Ext4 projects for 2014

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Date:	Thu, 12 Dec 2013 10:08:49 +0400
From:	Vyacheslav Dubeyko <slava@...eyko.com>
To:	Dave Chinner <david@...morbit.com>
Cc:	Theodore Ts'o <tytso@....edu>, linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Ext4 projects for 2014

On Thu, 2013-12-12 at 16:00 +1100, Dave Chinner wrote:
> On Sun, Dec 08, 2013 at 08:43:30PM -0500, Theodore Ts'o wrote:
> > Unfortunately, I forgot my notes from our last conference call before
> > heading off to the airport.  My fault for taking the notes on paper
> > instead of electronically in the first place.  :-(
> > 
> > This is my best reconstruction of some of the ext4 projects for 2014.
> > Please let me know if I've forgotten anything.
> > 
> > 1)  Support for Shingled (SMR) Drives
> 
> Do you have any specific plans on how you are going to support these
> drives? I'm curious, because the differences affect all fielsystems
> so maybe there's some common solutions there...
> 

Yes, it's really interesting question. Because I know about trying to
use Log-structured File System or likewise approaches for the case of
Shingled (SMR) drives. But ext4 is another case. :)

So, what preliminary vision of such support in ext4?

Thanks,
Vyacheslav Dubeyko.


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