[dm-devel] Re: [PATCHSET] block,scsi,libata: implement alt_size

[Dan Williams <dan j williams gmail com>]

[ added heinzm redhat com ]

On Fri, May 8, 2009 at 2:13 AM, Tejun Heo <tj kernel org> wrote:
> Dan Williams wrote:
>> On Mon, May 4, 2009 at 8:28 PM, Tejun Heo <tj kernel org> wrote:
>>> Pushing this in the kernel without updating dm-raid is kind of
>>> pointless.  Who should I be poking to get the userland part moving?
>>
>> Dmraid is not the only potential user.  Mdadm will also care about
>> this as I have seen a report that points to a user having what looks
>> like an HPA issue with an Intel(R) Matrix array.  So, there are two
>> immediate users for this interface.  Heinz is the right person to poke
>> for dmraid updates.  I'll handle the mdadm update.
>
> Alright, then.  With Jeff's reluctant ack and scheduled mdadm update,
> I guess this one can go upstream.  I'll refresh the patchset and
> repost.  Umm... BTW do I have Heinz's mail address right?

Heinz, here is the whole thread:

http://marc.info/?t=123345711600004&r=1&w=2