linux-kernel - Re: remove exofs and the T10 OSD code V2

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Date:   Mon, 29 Oct 2018 14:42:12 -0600
From:   Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>
To:     Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>, ooo@...ctrozaur.com,
        martin.petersen@...cle.com
Cc:     Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@...gle.com>,
        Nathan Chancellor <natechancellor@...il.com>,
        Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
        osd-dev@...n-osd.org, linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-block@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: remove exofs and the T10 OSD code V2

On 10/27/18 2:20 AM, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> The only real user of the T10 OSD protocol, the pNFS object layout
> driver never went to the point of having shipping products, and we
> removed it 1.5 years ago.  Exofs is just a simple example without
> real life users.
> 
> 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.
> 
> Quote from Boaz:
> 
> "As I said then. It is used in Universities for studies and experiments.
> Every once in a while. I get an email with questions and reports.
> 
> But yes feel free to remove the all thing!!
> 
> I guess I can put it up on github. In a public tree.
> 
> Just that I will need to forward port it myself, til now you guys
> been doing this for me ;-)"

LGTM, for both:

Acked-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>

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Jens Axboe