Attendees: Arnd Bergmann, Balaji TK, Jakub Pavelek, Luca Porzio, Venkatraman S (#linaro-storage: arnd, balajitk, Xruxa, lupo, svenkatr)
Discussion notes:- 1. New members joining storage team - Balaji TK and Ulf Hansson
2. Linaro Connect - attendance:- All above are planning to attend except Venkatraman S
3. Proposed topics to discuss at Connect and track leads a) Kernel changes for eMMC4.6 support (Lupo ) b) ext4 optimizations for Flash (Arnd) c) Swap on Flash optimizations (Venkatraman S) d) review of Samsung's F2FS file system ( Samsung / Arnd)
4. Possibility to include SDIO v3 features in next cycle ? To check !
5. Discussion about eMMC4.6 FOTA feature and possible ways to implement Is it really a Kernel feature (as eMMC will become offline while updating) ? Need to study SCSI / block subsystem's methods and take a similar approach (IOCTL).
6. "ext4 move journal to enhanced area" BP is completed. Performance comparison to be published and the BP to be closed. - (Balaji TK to close)
7. core eMMC4.5 features to be reviewed and upstreamed with community support. Need to focus on core FS / Block layer optimization for flash. But still some features need attention (context ID and Power Off Notify)
Regards, Venkat.