linux-kernel - Re: [patch 1/3] ps3: Disk Storage Driver

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Date:	Wed, 18 Jul 2007 16:32:46 +0200 (CEST)
From:	Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@...putergmbh.de>
To:	Geert Uytterhoeven <Geert.Uytterhoeven@...ycom.com>
cc:	Paul Mackerras <paulus@...ba.org>, Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>,
	"James E.J. Bottomley" <James.Bottomley@...elEye.com>,
	Alessandro Rubini <rubini@...vis.unipv.it>,
	linuxppc-dev@...abs.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org,
	Geoff Levand <geoffrey.levand@...sony.com>,
	Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@...cle.com>
Subject: Re: [patch 1/3] ps3: Disk Storage Driver


On Jul 16 2007 18:15, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
>
>Add a Disk Storage Driver for the PS3:
>  - Implemented as a block device driver with a dynamic major
>  - Disk names (and partitions) are of the format ps3d%c(%u)
>  - Uses software scatter-gather with a 64 KiB bounce buffer as the hypervisor
>    doesn't support scatter-gather

I wonder what virtualization has to do with a block device driver?


	Jan
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