linux-kernel - Re: RFC: drop the T10 OSD code and its users

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Date:   Thu, 13 Apr 2017 22:27:38 -0400
From:   "Martin K. Petersen" <martin.petersen@...cle.com>
To:     Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>
Cc:     ooo@...ctrozaur.com, martin.petersen@...cle.com,
        trond.myklebust@...marydata.com, axboe@...nel.dk,
        osd-dev@...n-osd.org, linux-nfs@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org, linux-block@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: RFC: drop the T10 OSD code and its users


Christoph,

> The only real user of the T10 OSD protocol, the pNFS object layout
> driver never went to the point of having shipping products, and the
> other two users (osdblk and exofs) were simple example of it's usage.
>
> The code has been mostly unmaintained for years and is getting in the
> way of block / SCSI changes, so I think it's finally time to drop it.

No particular objections from me.

-- 
Martin K. Petersen	Oracle Linux Engineering