Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1161155AbdDUNRy (ORCPT ); Fri, 21 Apr 2017 09:17:54 -0400 Received: from mail-wm0-f67.google.com ([74.125.82.67]:35888 "EHLO mail-wm0-f67.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1039868AbdDUNRu (ORCPT ); Fri, 21 Apr 2017 09:17:50 -0400 Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/4] nfs: remove the objlayout driver To: Trond Myklebust , hch , "martin.petersen@oracle.com" , "axboe@kernel.dk" References: <20170412160109.10598-1-hch@lst.de> <20170412160109.10598-4-hch@lst.de> <1492719505.82584.3.camel@primarydata.com> Cc: "linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org" , "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" , "osd-dev@open-osd.org" , "linux-block@vger.kernel.org" , "linux-nfs@vger.kernel.org" From: Boaz Harrosh Message-ID: <272aea55-0738-5de2-ca97-414e13b478af@electrozaur.com> Date: Fri, 21 Apr 2017 16:17:41 +0300 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:45.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/45.4.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <1492719505.82584.3.camel@primarydata.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 729 Lines: 27 On 04/20/2017 11:18 PM, Trond Myklebust wrote: <> > > OK. I'm applying this patch for the 4.12 merge window. That is understandable this code was not tested for a long while > If, as Boaz > suggests, there is still an interest in exofs, then I suggest we put > that to the test by moving it into the STAGING area, to see if someone > will step up to maintain it. > I do not understand what you mean by "someone will maintain it" What is it that is missing in exofs that you see needs development? As I said I regularly run and test this FS and update as things advance there where no new fixtures for a while, but no regressions either. Please explain what it means "will maintain it" > Cheers > Trond > Thanks Boaz