Date: Sat, 17 Nov 2012 16:04:48 +0200 From: Konstantin Belousov <kostikbel@gmail.com> To: Rick Macklem <rmacklem@uoguelph.ca> Cc: "freebsd-fs@freebsd.org" <freebsd-fs@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: RFC: moving NFSv4.1 client from projects to head Message-ID: <20121117140448.GP73505@kib.kiev.ua> In-Reply-To: <1597743449.486373.1353118549122.JavaMail.root@erie.cs.uoguelph.ca> References: <1597743449.486373.1353118549122.JavaMail.root@erie.cs.uoguelph.ca>
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--5ZmWxaBoDEwVVFom Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Fri, Nov 16, 2012 at 09:15:49PM -0500, Rick Macklem wrote: > Hi, >=20 > 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=3D1,pnfs > are used for an nfsv4 mount. >=20 > 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.) >=20 > How do folks feel about doing this in early December? >=20 > 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? >=20 > 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 >=20 > 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 ? --5ZmWxaBoDEwVVFom Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.19 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAlCnmX8ACgkQC3+MBN1Mb4hI3QCfTfvaEbuUCJHSTnIng4k/cQQF 4zwAoKk4eM9QhrbL+KW4rGT+lfC78Ihq =c9XC -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --5ZmWxaBoDEwVVFom--
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