From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from us-smtp-delivery-194.mimecast.com ([216.205.24.194]:26385 "EHLO us-smtp-delivery-194.mimecast.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751523AbcEYST0 convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Wed, 25 May 2016 14:19:26 -0400 From: Thomas Haynes To: hch CC: Thomas Haynes , "J. Bruce Fields" , Linux NFS Mailing list Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/4] nfsd: Provide a config option for flex file layouts Date: Wed, 25 May 2016 18:19:20 +0000 Message-ID: <5F7AEB38-6AFE-4BB5-B52A-3EF358FF5B46@primarydata.com> References: <1464152979-103988-1-git-send-email-loghyr@primarydata.com> <1464152979-103988-5-git-send-email-loghyr@primarydata.com> <20160525150917.GC27535@lst.de> In-Reply-To: <20160525150917.GC27535@lst.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=WINDOWS-1252 Sender: linux-nfs-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: > On May 25, 2016, at 8:09 AM, Christoph Hellwig wrote: > >> +config NFSD_FLEXFILELAYOUT >> + bool "NFSv4.1 server support for pNFS Flex File layouts" >> + depends on NFSD_V4 >> + select NFSD_PNFS >> + help >> + This option enables support for the exporting pNFS Flex File >> + layouts in the kernel's NFS server. The pNFS Flex File layout >> + enables NFS clients to directly perform I/O to NFSv3 devices >> + accesible to both the server and the clients. See >> + draft-ietf-nfsv4-flex-files for more details. > > How about a bit more of a warning that this is just a toy demo server? > Add: Warning, this server implements the bare minimum functionality for to be a flex file server - it is more for testing the client than for a production server. > Also I'd say merge this into the previous patch. > Agreed