On Sat, 10 Aug 2013 02:33:44 -0700 Ronnie Sahlberg <ronniesahlberg@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Turn most of TGTD into a shared library libtgt.so and install it under > $(PREFIX)/lib/tgtd What does this mean? Why we need libtgt.so? > Change the six backing stores bs_aio/null/rbd/rdwr/sg/ssc into shared objec > and install them under $(PREFIX)/lib/tgtd/backing-store > > When tgtd is starting, have it traverse the directory for backing stores and > automatically load and initialize all backing stores files that are found. > > This allows for example to distribute bs_aio.so as a separate package > since it has additional dependencies (libaio) that tgtd itself does not have > Similarly for bs_rbd.so. > This means that core TGTD can be distributed with minimal dependencies > and backends that add additional dependencies can be distributed separately. > > Once we have this basics for a modularized TGTD later patches can build onto > of this and add features such as : > * list all modules and which luns are using them > * unload module if unused > * re-load module > But that can come in later patches. Lets get the basics in first. I understand why some people this feature. I'm not a big fan of C dynamic loading feature though. I don't merge unloading/reloading feature. These features are not what the people are looking for anyway. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe stgt" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
