Date: Sat, 17 Nov 2012 19:01:33 -0500 (EST) From: Rick Macklem <rmacklem@uoguelph.ca> To: Konstantin Belousov <kostikbel@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-fs@freebsd.org Subject: Re: RFC: moving NFSv4.1 client from projects to head Message-ID: <1913501733.497510.1353196893436.JavaMail.root@erie.cs.uoguelph.ca> In-Reply-To: <20121117140448.GP73505@kib.kiev.ua>
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Konstantin Belousov wrote: > On Fri, Nov 16, 2012 at 09:15:49PM -0500, Rick Macklem wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I've been working on NFSv4.1 client support for FreeBSD > > for some time now and known issues from testing at a > > Bakeathon last June have been resolved. The patch is > > rather big, but I believe it should not affect the > > client unless the new mount options: > > minorversion=1,pnfs > > are used for an nfsv4 mount. > > > > Since I don't believe that the new NFS client will be > > affected unless these new mount options are used, I think > > it could go into head now. On the other hand, there are few > > NFSv4.1 servers currently available, so it might not yet > > be widely useful. (See below for slides w.r.t. server availability.) > > > > How do folks feel about doing this in early December? > > > > Since it doesn't change any KBIs, it could also be MFC'd > > to stable/9. Would MFC'ing it to stable/9 make sense? > > > > For those interested in testing and/or reviewing it, > > the code is currently in: > > base/projects/nfsv4.1-client > > (It is purely a kernel patch.) > > Also, the current state of NFSv4.1 servers is roughly: > > http://www.pnfs.com/docs/LISA-11-pNFS-BoF-final.pdf > > > > Thanks in advance for any comments, rick > IMO, the earlier the change that you feel mature enough, hits the HEAD > in > the HEAD x.0 cycle, the better. That said, would you mind to put a > diff > somewhere to ease the review and testing ? Will do, as soon as I get home at the end of Nov. (I can't do svn or uploads until then.) Thanks for the comments, rick
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