On Wed, Apr 07, 2010 at 12:02:00AM +0200, Moritz Muehlenhoff wrote: > On Tue, Mar 30, 2010 at 04:02:22PM -0600, dann frazier wrote: > > On Tue, Mar 30, 2010 at 11:45:54PM +0200, Moritz Muehlenhoff wrote: > > > On 2010-03-30, dann frazier <da...@debian.org> wrote: > > > > drbd maintainers, > > > > > > > > As you no doubt know, linux-modules-extra has been dropped for > > > > squeeze. The recommended[1] direction for building out-of-tree module > > > > is to either: > > > > > > > > a) get merged into linux-2.6 > > > > b) use the dkms framework > > > > > > > > DRBD is now merged upstream, so it seems like a good candidate for > > > > option a. Do the drbd8 maintainers know of any issue with that > > > > (userspace tool compatability, etc)? Are you ok with dropping the > > > > drbd8-source binary package if we include this in linux-2.6? > > > > > > > > I've backported the latest upstream DRBD bits into our kernel targeted > > > > at squeeze: > > > > http://people.debian.org/~dannf/drbd/ > > > > > > > > I'd appreciate it if an existing drbd user could test it. > > > > > > > > [1] http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2009/10/msg00003.html > > > > > > I've done the same 3-4 weeks ago and likewise send them the patch for > > > testing, unfortunately they we unable to test it yet. > > > > Oh, sorry - I must've missed that. Did you get a response or just > > silence? I was thinking that if we didn't get a response in a couple > > of days, I could contact some of the drbd8 bug reporters and see if we > > can recruit them to test :) > > Sorry for the late response, I'm still in VAC more or less. > > DRBD maintainers said they wanted to look into it, but one of the > maintainers had a ski accident and AFAICS noone found the time to test > it over the course of the last two months.
Oh, ok. Just before I read this I sent a message about some positive test results I got from a DRBD user. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-kernel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20100406221125.gc9...@lackof.org
