On Fri, Oct 19, 2012 at 3:46 PM, Arne Jansen <sensi...@gmx.net> wrote:

> On 10/19/2012 09:58 PM, Matthew Ahrens wrote:
> > On Wed, Oct 17, 2012 at 5:29 AM, Arne Jansen <sensi...@gmx.net
> > <mailto:sensi...@gmx.net>> wrote:
> >
> >     We have finished a beta version of the feature. A webrev for it
> >     can be found here:
> >
> >     http://cr.illumos.org/~webrev/sensille/fits-send/
> >
> >     It adds a command 'zfs fits-send'. The resulting streams can
> >     currently only be received on btrfs, but more receivers will
> >     follow.
> >     It would be great if anyone interested could give it some testing
> >     and/or review. If there are no objections, I'll send a formal
> >     webrev soon.
> >
> >
> >
> > Please don't bother changing libzfs (and proliferating the copypasta
> > there) -- do it like lzc_send().
> >
>
> ok. It would be easier though if zfs_send would also already use the
> new style. Is it in the pipeline already?
>
> > Likewise, zfs_ioc_fits_send should use the new-style API.  See the
> > comment at the beginning of zfs_ioctl.c.
> >
> > I'm not a fan of the name "FITS" but I suppose somebody else already
> > named the format.  If we are going to follow someone else's format
> > though, it at least needs to be well-documented.  Where can we find the
> > documentation?
> >
> > FYI, #1 google hit for "FITS":  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FITS
> > #3 hit:  http://code.google.com/p/fits/
> >
> > Both have to do with file formats.  The entire first page of google
> > results for "FITS format" and "FITS file format" are related to these
> > two formats.  "FITS btrfs" didn't return anything specific to the file
> > format, either.
>
> It's not too late to change it, but I have a hard time coming up with
> some better name. Also, the format is still very new and I'm sure it'll
> need some adjustments.
>
> -arne
>
> >
> > --matt
>
>

I'm sure we can come up with something.  Are you planning on this being
solely for ZFS, or a larger architecture for replication both directions in
the future?

--Tim
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