From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S933344Ab1IBKA4 (ORCPT ); Fri, 2 Sep 2011 06:00:56 -0400 Received: from mail09.linbit.com ([212.69.161.110]:33013 "EHLO mail09.linbit.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932375Ab1IBKAu (ORCPT ); Fri, 2 Sep 2011 06:00:50 -0400 From: Philipp Reisner To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Jens Axboe Cc: drbd-dev@lists.linbit.com Subject: [RFC 00/16] drbd: part 5 of adding multiple volume support to drbd Date: Fri, 2 Sep 2011 12:00:32 +0200 Message-Id: <1314957648-13242-1-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 fifth 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 c807047...668659d 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).