[stgt] [PATCH 00/15] ssc code updates

[Mark Harvey]

On Mon, Oct 6, 2008 at 1:37 AM, FUJITA Tomonori
<fujita.tomonori at lab.ntt.co.jp> wrote:
> As discussed, we need to rewrite the current ssc code. Richard and
> Mark submitted different ssc implementations respectively. I made this
> patchset of them.
>
> This patchset enables me to do backup and restore with BakBone
> NetVault.
>
> There are several differences in the implementations of Richard and
> Mark. One of the major differences is a way to store metadata. The
> former uses two files for user data and metadata and the latter stores
> both in a single file (note that xattr is too small for ssc
> metadata). In short, the former can be faster but it's more handy for
> users to handle a single file. IMO, either is fine but I chose the
> latter approach (we might change this but there are tons of things to
> do before worrying about the performance).
>
> As I said, there are lots of things to fix and implement. We need to
> change the on-disk metadata format (currently there is no
> compatibility among architectures. Another change I want is putting
> checksum for integrity). So it's not ready to store important data
> with it but hopefully it's good enough to play with it.
>
> I also put this patchset in the ssc branch of the git tree:
>
> git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tomo/tgt.git ssc
>
> I'll merge this patchset soon unless anyone is against it.

Many thanks for this.

I've been distracted over the last couple of weeks moving house.

Hope to have net access within the next week or so :)

Cheers
Mark
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