On Sun, 16 May 1999, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> I just changed the call from mdunlink to smgrunlink, but this brings up
> a good point.
Thanks, I should have noticed that myself...
> smgr is a generic i/o interface layer that allows multiple storage
> managers. Currently, we always use DEFAULT_SMGR as a parameter to smgr*
> functions, causing calls to the md* routines. Is there any value in
> just removing the smgr layer completely. It was originally for a CD
> jutebox i/o layer in addition to our current disk i/o layer.
I think that extra layer is a very good idea. Some new kind of storage
might come along that someone wants to use, and md.c wouldn't do the right
thing.
Since it's such a thin layer, performance doesn't really suffer. Doesn't
hurt to keep it...
Ole Gjerde
