On Wed, 01 Mar 2023, Ian Pilcher wrote: > On 3/1/23 08:27, Lee Jones wrote: > > Pavel, > > > > I see that you are active now - could you please prioritise this one. > > > > Lee - > > Just FYI, Pavel did respond. Unfortunately, he doesn't feel that this > can go in with its current sysfs interface, and making the change that > he wants would require changes to the block subsystem (adding an in- > kernel API to look up a block device by its kernel name, rather than its > major & minor numbers or a special file path). > > Similar changes have been rejected in the past by the block subsystem > maintainers. The position I have seen is that major & minor numbers, > or device special files from which they can be determined, is *the* > interface to block devices. > > I've also had some pretty negative experiences when interacting with the > block subsystem community - unnecessary profanity, etc. > > Given that history, I don't see much prospect that I (an unknown newb) > would succeed in convincing the block subsystem maintainers to add the > API required to implement the interface that Pavel wants. So I'm pretty > much done trying to push this thing unless something changes that leads > me to think that there's actually a decent chance of success. > > Hopefully that makes sense. I understand and empathise with the situation. Pavel is the boss here, so I cannot over-rule the decisions he makes. Hopefully the two of you can find some middle ground and work something out between you. Best of luck. -- Lee Jones [李琼斯]
