linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/4] virtual block device driver (ramzswap)

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Date:	Tue, 15 Sep 2009 21:25:31 +0530
From:	Nitin Gupta <ngupta@...are.org>
To:	Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>
CC:	Pekka Enberg <penberg@...helsinki.fi>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Hugh Dickins <hugh.dickins@...cali.co.uk>,
	Ed Tomlinson <edt@....ca>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-mm@...ck.org, linux-mm-cc@...top.org,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	Frédéric Weisbecker 
	<fweisbec@...il.com>, Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/4] virtual block device driver (ramzswap)

On 09/15/2009 08:56 PM, Greg KH wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 15, 2009 at 11:30:16AM +0300, Pekka Enberg wrote:
>> Btw, Nitin, why are you targeting drivers/block and not
>> drivers/staging at this point? It seems obvious enough that there are
>> still some issues that need to be ironed out (like the CONFIG_ARM
>> thing) so submitting the driver for inclusion in drivers/staging and
>> fixing it up there incrementally would likely save you from a lot of
>> trouble. Greg, does ramzswap sound like something that you'd be
>> willing to take?
>
> If it is self-contained, actually builds, and there is an active
> developer who is working getting it merged into the main kernel tree,
> then yes, I will be willing to take it into the drivers/staging/ tree.
> Just send me the patches.
>

It is self contained (except for swap notify callback part). I will send
revised patches addressing some of coding issues raised in reviews and moving
everything over to drivers/staging.

Thanks,
Nitin

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