Re: GFS requirements (was: Non-GPL export of invalidate_mmap_range)

From: Lars Marowsky-Bree (lmb_at_suse.de)
Date: 02/21/04

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To: Daniel Phillips <phillips@arcor.de>

    On 2004-02-20T17:16:02,
       Daniel Phillips <phillips@arcor.de> said:

    I'm trimming the mm list, because this isn't relevant to them.

    > Again, we (everybody who cared to jump in) now agree on what is sane
    > here, it's quite logical. As for supplying background material so
    > this makes sense to a wider group of people, sorry it's been on my
    > to-do list for a while. Getting a DFS, namely Sistina GFS, into the
    > tree is underway as you know from the press release, however turning
    > the ship takes time. Meanwhile, the api discussion can't wait because
    > the rudder on that ship is even smaller.

    Surely, such a GFS needs a cluster infrastructure - membership,
    messaging, DLM - in the kernel.

    Can you or anyone else from Sistina/RHAT clarify on the details of
    this?

    Sincerely,
        Lars Marowsky-Brée <lmb@suse.de> 

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