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| From | Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.org> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | linux.kernel |
| Subject | Re: [PATCH 0/7] "Device DAX" for persistent memory |
| Date | 2016-05-09 15:00 +0200 |
| Message-ID | <rwSX0-5Ro-11@gated-at.bofh.it> (permalink) |
| References | <rwFwJ-7k9-3@gated-at.bofh.it> |
| Organization | linux.* mail to news gateway |
On Sun, May 08, 2016 at 03:35:10PM -0700, Dan Williams wrote: > Device DAX is the device-centric analogue of Filesystem DAX > (CONFIG_FS_DAX). It allows memory ranges to be allocated and mapped > without need of an intervening file system or being bound to block > device semantics. Device DAX is strict and predictable. Specifically > this interface: Can you explain the "why" a little more? And please, if you decide to Cc me on some of the patches do it for the whole series or none of it, but never just for some patches as that make the cc pretty pointless.
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[PATCH 0/7] "Device DAX" for persistent memory Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@intel.com> - 2016-05-09 00:40 +0200
[PATCH 4/7] libnvdimm, dax: record the specified alignment of a dax-device instance Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@intel.com> - 2016-05-09 00:40 +0200
Re: [PATCH 0/7] "Device DAX" for persistent memory Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.org> - 2016-05-09 15:00 +0200
Re: [PATCH 0/7] "Device DAX" for persistent memory Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@intel.com> - 2016-05-09 22:50 +0200
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