From: =?UTF-8?Q?Peter_=C3=85strand?= Subject: Re: A new NFSv4 server... Date: Fri, 4 Jan 2008 10:15:11 +0100 (CET) Message-ID: References: <477CD231.30603@garzik.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: MULTIPART/MIXED; BOUNDARY="789237761-844506634-1199363527=:18129" Cc: NFS list , nfsv4@linux-nfs.org To: Jeff Garzik Return-path: Received: from mail.cendio.se ([193.12.253.69]:62460 "EHLO mail.cendio.se" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753640AbYADJeL (ORCPT ); Fri, 4 Jan 2008 04:34:11 -0500 In-Reply-To: <477CD231.30603@garzik.org> Sender: linux-nfs-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: This message is in MIME format. The first part should be readable text, while the remaining parts are likely unreadable without MIME-aware tools. --789237761-844506634-1199363527=:18129 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; CHARSET=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE Content-ID: [About your implementation] > In case some developers are interested... I'm poking at a from-scratch > userland NFSv4 server, as a side project. Cool! Being one of the unfs3 developers, I believe that userland NFS=20 servers are very useful.=20 > In the first step down this long path, I've created an NFSv4 userland ser= ver > from scratch. Currently it merely serves data straight from RAM, but the= long Do you know about the n4 project (http://cvs.samba.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/n4/) ? It was abandon many years ago, but might have some usefulness.=20 > term goal is to permit modular storage backends. Thus you could implemen= t a > simple RAM backend, an sqlite-based backend or a complex distributed stor= age > backend. unfs3 has a basic modular backend system. I wonder if it would be possible to merge your server with unfs3, and still have something that's readable. If you are interested, take a look at http://cvs.lysator.liu.se/viewcvs/viewcvs.cgi/unfs3/?root=3Dunfs3. Regards,=20 --- Peter =C3=85strand=09=09ThinLinc Chief Developer Cendio AB=09=09http://www.cendio.se Wallenbergs gata 4 583 30 Link=C3=B6ping=09Phone: +46-13-21 46 00 --789237761-844506634-1199363527=:18129--