Return-Path: Received: from bombadil.infradead.org ([18.85.46.34]:46829 "EHLO bombadil.infradead.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1755038Ab0IKAHu (ORCPT ); Fri, 10 Sep 2010 20:07:50 -0400 Date: Fri, 10 Sep 2010 20:07:49 -0400 From: Christoph Hellwig To: Trond Myklebust Cc: Christoph Hellwig , Fred Isaman , linux-nfs@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH 08/13] RFC: pnfs: filelayout: introduce minimal file layout driver Message-ID: <20100911000749.GA31628@infradead.org> References: <1283450419-5648-1-git-send-email-iisaman@netapp.com> <1283450419-5648-9-git-send-email-iisaman@netapp.com> <1284147111.10062.74.camel@heimdal.trondhjem.org> <20100910235600.GA11231@infradead.org> <1284163433.14078.102.camel@heimdal.trondhjem.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii In-Reply-To: <1284163433.14078.102.camel@heimdal.trondhjem.org> Sender: linux-nfs-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 On Fri, Sep 10, 2010 at 08:03:53PM -0400, Trond Myklebust wrote: > So you are saying we should simply equate CONFIG_PNFS_FILE_LAYOUT and > CONFIG_NFS_V4_1 right now? Yep, I'd be fine with that... I'm still > working on the patches to get rid of all these CONFIG options, but > ultimately this is what I'm working towards. If you don't want a separate option that's up to you, but I don't think forcing people to built the pnfs file layout just because they want nfs4.1 features is an all that smart idea.