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Date:      Mon, 11 Mar 2024 11:43:17 +0200
From:      Konstantin Belousov <kostikbel@gmail.com>
To:        Alexander Leidinger <Alexander@leidinger.net>
Cc:        current@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Reason why "nocache" option is not displayed in "mount"?
Message-ID:  <Ze7SNT-2KTs4wWgd@kib.kiev.ua>
In-Reply-To: <720dc441819f0074362631b11a71f7de@Leidinger.net>
References:  <Ze3sMj6jf3upY3_G@kib.kiev.ua> <20240310215051.EC14296B7@freefall.freebsd.org> <Ze4ssbRm615OBQA3@kib.kiev.ua> <720dc441819f0074362631b11a71f7de@Leidinger.net>

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On Mon, Mar 11, 2024 at 09:03:38AM +0100, Alexander Leidinger wrote:
> Am 2024-03-10 22:57, schrieb Konstantin Belousov:
> 
> > We are already low on the free bits in the flags, even after expanding
> > them
> > to 64bit.  More, there are useful common fs services continuously
> > consuming
> > that flags, e.g. the recent NFS TLS options.
> > 
> > I object against using the flags for absolutely not important things,
> > like
> > this nullfs "cache" option.
> > 
> > In long term, we would have to export nmount(2) strings since bits in
> > flags are finite, but I prefer to delay it as much as possible.
> 
> Why do you want to delay this? Personal priorities, or technical reasons?

Because it is a lot of work which is currently not needed and where I will
need to participate.



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