From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1756242Ab1HaPLR (ORCPT ); Wed, 31 Aug 2011 11:11:17 -0400 Received: from mail09.linbit.com ([212.69.161.110]:59850 "EHLO mail09.linbit.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1756064Ab1HaPLN (ORCPT ); Wed, 31 Aug 2011 11:11:13 -0400 From: Philipp Reisner To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Jens Axboe Cc: drbd-dev@lists.linbit.com Subject: [RFC 00/16] drbd: part 3 of adding multiple volume support to drbd Date: Wed, 31 Aug 2011 17:10:52 +0200 Message-Id: <1314803468-1201-1-git-send-email-philipp.reisner@linbit.com> X-Mailer: git-send-email 1.7.4.1 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org This the first request for review of drbd-8.4. The complete set has 492 patches. This is the third installment containing 16 patches. The whole set is available here: git://git.drbd.org/linux-2.6-drbd.git for-jens and is jens_for-3.2_drivers...for-jens and this part is ac0f15d...9a88f41 The most noticeable change is the support for multiple replicated volumes in a single DRBD connection. Write-ordering is obeyed among all writes in all volumes in a single connection. This feature is really important for users who use DRBD for mirroring over longer distances. (Protocol A).