On 10.03.2022 23:42, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
On Fri, Mar 11, 2022 at 04:39:12PM +0900, Damien Le Moal wrote:
> (we need to look into it). F2FS will use the emulation layer for now;
> only !PO2 devices will pay the price. We will add a knob in the block
> layer so that F2FS can force enable the emulation.
No. The FS has no business changing the device.
Ok. Then it can be something the user can set.
And nvme will not support any kind of emulation if that wasn't clear.
How do you propose we meed the request from Damien to support _all_
existing users if we remove the PO2 constraint from the block layer?
The emulation is not the goal, but it seems to be a requirement
