Date: Fri, 14 May 2021 22:36:15 +0200 From: Peter Eriksson <pen@lysator.liu.se> To: FreeBSD Current <freebsd-current@freebsd.org> Cc: Rick Macklem <rmacklem@uoguelph.ca> Subject: Re: RFC: changing the default NFSv4 minor version? Message-ID: <40207529-CDA8-48C3-AE41-8E4B914F79A5@lysator.liu.se> In-Reply-To: <YQXPR0101MB096876462C2D45CB123431BCDD519@YQXPR0101MB0968.CANPRD01.PROD.OUTLOOK.COM> References: <YQXPR0101MB096876462C2D45CB123431BCDD519@YQXPR0101MB0968.CANPRD01.PROD.OUTLOOK.COM>
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I vote for this. +1 - Peter > On 14 May 2021, at 01:02, Rick Macklem <rmacklem@uoguelph.ca> wrote: > > Hi, > > I believe that NFSv4.1 and NFSv4.2 are now mature in freebsd-current/main. > I also believe that NFSv4.1/4.2 is a better protocol than NFSv4.0. > (In particular, the sessions mechanism for "exactly once RPC semantics" > is a significant improvement over the duplicate request cache for NFSv4.0, > plus other improvements.) > > Right now, the FreeBSD NFSv4 client will use NFSv4.0 unless the > "minorversion" mount option is used to set the minor version to 1 or 2. > > The Linux client uses the highest minor version supported by both > client and server by default. > I'd like to propose that the default behaviour of the FreeBSD client > be changed to do the same, so that NFSv4.1/4.2 will be used when possible. > --> The "minorversion" mount option could still be used to override the > above default. > > I have hesitated doing this change because it could be considered a POLA > violation, but I think the change from 4.0->4.1/4.2 will normally be a > neutral to positive experience. (To be honest, I suspect most won't notice > the change.) > > How do others feel about this change? > > rick > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list > https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-current-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"help
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