> 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? Thanks, Slava.
