On 12/21/24 12:10 AM, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
On Thu, Dec 19, 2024 at 10:04:40AM -0800, Bart Van Assche wrote:
On 12/17/24 10:58 PM, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
Use the new append writes that return the written offsets we've
talked about.
Here is why this is not a solution for SCSI devices:
* There is no Zone Append command in the relevant SCSI standard (ZBC).
Standard exist to be changed.
(replying to an email of two weeks ago)
I'm not aware of any interest from the side of my employer regarding
standardizing a SCSI zone append command. Additionally, last time I
tried to make a nontrivial change to the SCSI standards (adding data
lifetime support) I learned that it is almost impossible for anyone
other than the longtime SCSI committee members to make nontrivial
changes. All my attempts to introduce data lifetime support in SBC
failed. It is only after the SBC editor took over the initiative and
wrote a proposal that progress was made and data lifetime support was
added to the SCSI standards.
If anyone else would like to work on standardizing a SCSI zone append
command I would be happy to help.
Bart.
