On 1/10/23 08:20, Viacheslav A.Dubeyko wrote: > > >> On Jan 9, 2023, at 3:00 PM, Jens Axboe <axboe@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> >>>> My point here that we could summarize: >>>> (1) what features already implemented and supported, >>>> (2) what features are under implementation and what is progress, >>>> (3) what features need to be implemented yet. >>>> >>>> Have we implemented everything already? :) >>> >>> Standards are full of features that are not useful in a general purpose >>> system. So we likely never will implement everything. We never did for >>> SCSI and ATA and never will either. >> Indeed, and that's a very important point. Some people read specs and >> find things that aren't in the Linux driver (any spec, not a specific >> one), and think they need to be added. No. We only add them if they make >> sense, both in terms of use cases, but also as long as they can get >> implemented cleanly. Parts of basically any spec is garbage and don't >> necessarily fit within the given subsystem either. >> >> The above would make me worried about patches coming from anyone with >> that mindset. >> > > OK. We already have discussion about garbage in spec. :) > So, what would we like finally implement and what never makes sense to do? > Should we identify really important stuff for implementation? If users need and request something that is not currently supported, we can discuss implementing it. Until such user-driven request is raised, I personally do not see any point in discussing anything. > > Thanks, > Slava. > > > -- Damien Le Moal Western Digital Research
