[linux-lvm] Re: IBM to release LVM Technology to the Linux
Paul Jakma
paul at clubi.ie
Fri Jun 23 23:49:54 UTC 2000
On Fri, 23 Jun 2000 benr at us.ibm.com wrote:
>
>
> Christopher,
>
> Welcome to the discussion! To answer your question, if the Linux
> Community is interested in the LVMS outlined in the white paper,
> then IBM will release code (under the GPL!) to begin moving this
> technology to Linux. I suspect that IBM will also dedicate some
> resources to assist in moving this technology to Linux as that
> will expedite the process.
would it not perhaps be more efficient and more purposeful if rather
than releasing IBM specific code which will not 'drop-in' to linux,
IBM were instead to use their knowledge gained from IBM LVM to assist
with improving the current Linux LVM?
regards,
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