[dm-devel] [PATCH RFC v1 00/01] dm-lightnvm introduction

[Matias Bjorling]

On 03/21/2014 02:06 AM, Joe Thornber wrote:
> Hi Matias,
> 
> This looks really interesting and I'd love to get involved.  Do you
> have any recommendations for what hardware I should pick up?

Hi Joe,

The most easily available platform is OpenSSD
(http://www.openssd-project.org). It's a little old, but still very
functional. When there's a good firmware implementation, I think it will
be easier for the custom SSD vendor's to jump on board with their own
firmware.

- Matias

> 
> - Joe
> 
> 
> On Thu, Mar 20, 2014 at 11:32:17PM -0700, Matias Bjørling wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> Users that have custom firmware SSDs, may choose to expose their flash directly.
>> This allows the host to control logical to physical address mappings, garbage
>> collection strategy, wear-leveling, and so on.