Re: [PATCH] lightnvm: simplify geometry structure.

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> On 27 Feb 2018, at 16.57, Javier González <jg@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> Currently, the device geometry is stored redundantly in the nvm_id and
> nvm_geo structures at a device level. Moreover, when instantiating
> targets on a specific number of LUNs, these structures are replicated
> and manually modified to fit the instance channel and LUN partitioning.
> 
> Instead, create a generic geometry around nvm_geo, which can be used by
> (i) the underlying device to describe the geometry of the whole device,
> and (ii) instances to describe their geometry independently.
> 
> Since these share a big part of the geometry, create a nvm_common_geo
> structure that keeps the static geoometry values that are shared across
> instances.
> 
> As we introduce support for 2.0, these structures allow to abstract
> spec. specific values and present a common geometry to targets.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Javier González <javier@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> 

Please ignore this commit message for now. It’s not updated...

Javier




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