linux-kernel - Re: [dm-devel] [Bcache v13 00/16]

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Date:	Thu, 10 May 2012 09:54:31 -0400
From:	Vivek Goyal <vgoyal@...hat.com>
To:	Kent Overstreet <koverstreet@...gle.com>
Cc:	linux-bcache@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	dm-devel@...hat.com, tejun@...gle.com, agk@...hat.com
Subject: Re: [dm-devel] [Bcache v13 00/16]

On Wed, May 09, 2012 at 11:07:29PM -0400, Kent Overstreet wrote:
> bcache: a cache for arbitrary block devices using an SSD.
> 
> Short overview:
> Bcache does both writethrough and writeback caching. It presents itself as a
> new block device, a bit like say md. You can cache an arbitrary number of
> block devices with a single cache device, and attach and detach things at
> runtime - it's quite flexible.

So it is still not a device mapper target. I somehow had the impression
that consensus at LSF was to convert it into a device mapper target.

Thanks
Vivek
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