linux-kernel - Re: Failover root devices

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Date:	Thu, 17 Sep 2015 14:28:22 -0400
From:	Drew DeVault <sir@...wn.com>
To:	Richard Weinberger <richard@....at>
Cc:	Ortwin Glück <odi@....ch>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Failover root devices

> The kernel is already super complicated and has millions of lines of code. If it can be done nicely in userspace, let's do it there
> and keep the kernel maintainable.

I don't think this is a strong argument against this feature. The 
implementation of this feature will be pretty straightfoward - only a 
small part of the code has to actually change its behavior and it can do 
without changing the interfaces it already relies on. On top of that, I 
don't think it can be done "nicely" in userspace anyway.

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Drew DeVault
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