On mar, 2006-02-07 at 16:10 -0600, Brad Johnson wrote: > I am a software developer that is new to this list. I understand that > currently round-robin is the only implemented path selector type. I am > scoping (for a major storage vendor) the effort required to implement > additional selector types, as well as other work required to function > properly with their hardware (possibly special device-specific > hardware handlers, config file changes, etc.). I assume there is a > procedure in place to allow developers to submit changes such as these > to the public domain, and hope that eventually they may be included in > some future distributions. > > My questions are: > > What is the procedure for submitting kernel patches for the device > mapper? Submitting changes to the maintainer, cc the dm-devel list is the practice for both kernel-space and user-space multipath subsystems. > Who (or what organization) owns responsibility for the device mapper > kernel modules? I'll guess you mean maintainership, not "responsibility" :/ The DM maintainer is Alasdair Kergon, RedHat. > Who owns responsibility for the user-space multipath pieces? I maintain the user-space tools > > Is anyone else currently developing additional path selector types? Mike Christie, RedHat, and Lars M. Bree, Suse, have experimence with hwhandlers > > I am sorry if my newbie questions are naive, but any help to point me > in the right direction will be greatly appreciated. > > Regards, > Brad Johnson > > -- > > dm-devel@xxxxxxxxxx > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/dm-devel -- dm-devel@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/dm-devel
