Note: "permalinks" may not be as permanent as we would like,
direct links of old sources may well be a few messages off.
On Fri, Oct 02, 2009 at 11:45:14AM +0200, Gernot Schmied wrote: > Am Dienstag, den 29.09.2009, 15:00 +0200 schrieb Philipp Reisner: > > Hi, > > > > We are still holding our breath how and when DRBD will land in > > Linux mainline. I was told, that it can go in after 2.6.32-rc1 > > since it is a driver and not a patch to the more central parts > > of the kernel. It will go in through Jens Axboe, although I > > do not know when exactly. > > > > Hi Linbit folks! > > for what it's worth: > > I was following the discussion on the Linux kernel mailing list and the > strange arguments about unified frameworks with RAID and LVM and the > user space control tool discussion. Congratulations for the patient and > calm way of replying and hanging in in the face of very awkward > arguments brought up against DRBD inclusion. > I got the impression that the majority of kernel maintainers realize the > "pressure" of an established solution that is used in production all > over the world and the huge leverage of distribution builders who > require DRBD to fill a gap. At the end of the day deployment base and > user acceptance for an elegant and reliable solution will surely make > the difference. Thanks. Linus: "I'm perfectly happy to pull drbd, but please do it for the next merge window." http://lkml.org/lkml/2009/10/1/385 -- : Lars Ellenberg : LINBIT | Your Way to High Availability : DRBD/HA support and consulting http://www.linbit.com DRBD® and LINBIT® are registered trademarks of LINBIT, Austria. __ please don't Cc me, but send to list -- I'm subscribed