linux-kernel - Re: [dm-devel] [PATCH v4 00/13] support non power of 2 zoned devices

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Message-ID: <YoPAnj9ufkt5nh1G@mit.edu>
Date:   Tue, 17 May 2022 11:34:54 -0400
From:   "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@....edu>
To:     Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>
Cc:     Pankaj Raghav <p.raghav@...sung.com>, axboe@...nel.dk,
        pankydev8@...il.com, gost.dev@...sung.com,
        damien.lemoal@...nsource.wdc.com, jiangbo.365@...edance.com,
        linux-nvme@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-block@...r.kernel.org, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org,
        dm-devel@...hat.com, dsterba@...e.com, linux-btrfs@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [dm-devel] [PATCH v4 00/13] support non power of 2 zoned devices

On Tue, May 17, 2022 at 10:10:48AM +0200, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> I'm a little surprised about all this activity.
> 
> I though the conclusion at LSF/MM was that for Linux itself there
> is very little benefit in supporting this scheme.  It will massively
> fragment the supported based of devices and applications, while only
> having the benefit of supporting some Samsung legacy devices.

FWIW,

That wasn't my impression from that LSF/MM session, but once the
videos become available, folks can decide for themselves.

       	      		       	   	  - Ted