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DRBD To Be Included In Linux Kernel 2.6.33
An anonymous reader writes "The long-time Linux kernel module for block replication over TCP, DRBD, has been accepted as part of the main Linux kernel. Amid much fanfare and some slight controversy, Linus has pulled the DRBD source into the 2.6.33 tree, expected to release February, 2010. DRBD has existed as open source and been available in major distros for 10 years, but lived outside the main kernel tree in the hands of LINBIT, based in Vienna. Being accepted into the main kernel tree means better cooperation and wider user accessibility to HA data replication."
Maybe stop building kernels by hand and you'll be a lot happier, then, eh? Seriously, there's virtually no reason to build a custom kernel unless you have some pretty unusual requirements. So quit wasting your time. And if you insist on building kernels by hand for no particularly good reason, quit bitching. It's not like you don't have a choice.
It's a kernel module. Don't like it, don't load it.
I missed where its a module and not "To Be Included in Linux Kernel" as the title implied. If it's just a module that's fine by me. Just keep it as a module and don't compile it into the kernel. I do see benefit of including the source as official Linux versus the previous third-party status.
"Personally" - you got a lotta nerve representing yourself as having a valid opinion about what does and does not constitute a useful feature.
A closed mouth gathers no foot.
I'm sorry, I'm not allowed to have an opinion? (maybe I pissed you off by using bloat and linux in the same sentence?) Go back and read what I wrote. I did NOT say it was not a useful feature. I said the vast majority of Linux users do not need this feature. Big difference. Or are you suggesting that more than a small fraction of users need HA and clustering capabilities?
Stupid obligatory car analogy, if 1% of the owners smoke it doesn't make sense to equip all the cars with ash trays? No, you simply keep it as an option.
Every time someone talks about how much they like some filesystems on Linux, someone pops up to tell us about how great ZFS is. Well, the license is shit, it was chosen specifically for GPL incompatibility, and sun can fuck off into the air. Stop trolling.
"You're right," Fisheye says. "I should have set it on 'whip' or 'chop.'"