From: Greg Banks Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/5] NFSD: Remove NFSD_TCP kernel build option Date: Tue, 05 Feb 2008 11:29:55 +1100 Message-ID: <47A7AE03.10401@melbourne.sgi.com> References: <20080205000442.18602.29035.stgit@manray.1015granger.net> <47A7AB89.7020709@melbourne.sgi.com> <1202170754.28484.57.camel@heimdal.trondhjem.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Cc: Chuck Lever , bfields@citi.umich.edu, linux-nfs@vger.kernel.org To: Trond Myklebust Return-path: Received: from relay1.sgi.com ([192.48.171.29]:41160 "EHLO relay.sgi.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754006AbYBEAX0 (ORCPT ); Mon, 4 Feb 2008 19:23:26 -0500 In-Reply-To: <1202170754.28484.57.camel-rJ7iovZKK19ZJLDQqaL3InhyD016LWXt@public.gmane.org> Sender: linux-nfs-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Trond Myklebust wrote: > On Tue, 2008-02-05 at 11:19 +1100, Greg Banks wrote: > >> Chuck Lever wrote: >> >>> TCP support in the Linux NFS server is stable enough that we can leave it >>> on always. CONFIG_NFSD_TCP adds about 10 lines of code, and defaults to >>> "Y" anyway. >>> >>> A run-time switch might be more appropriate if people feel they would like >>> to disable NFSD's TCP support. >>> >>> >>> >> Looks good. >> >> Actually, I'd be inclined to go one step further and set UDP support >> off by default. >> > > That will break older clients. > > Hence the default, rather than removing the code entirely. -- Greg Banks, R&D Software Engineer, SGI Australian Software Group. The cake is *not* a lie. I don't speak for SGI.