Re: [STATUS 2.5] May 1, 2002

Mike Fedyk (mfedyk@matchmail.com)
Wed, 1 May 2002 13:19:27 -0700


On Wed, May 01, 2002 at 09:53:37AM -0400, Guillaume Boissiere wrote:
> new framebuffer layer, as well as some more delayed disk block
> allocation bits.

Actually Andrews work on address_space based writeback is related somewhat,
but really it's a rewrite/cleanup of the buffer layer. Delayed block
alocation is helped alot by this, and almost depends on it IIRC.

One vote for a seperate listing in the status for "Address Space based
Writeback / Buffer layer cleanup".
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