Return-Path: Received: from mail-out1.uio.no ([129.240.10.57]:47771 "EHLO mail-out1.uio.no" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1755020Ab0IMMaM (ORCPT ); Mon, 13 Sep 2010 08:30:12 -0400 Subject: Re: [PATCH 07/13] RFC: pnfs: full mount/umount infrastructure From: Trond Myklebust To: Benny Halevy Cc: Christoph Hellwig , Fred Isaman , linux-nfs@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <4C8E0A03.3020500@panasas.com> References: <1283450419-5648-1-git-send-email-iisaman@netapp.com> <1283450419-5648-8-git-send-email-iisaman@netapp.com> <20100910235858.GB11231@infradead.org> <1284163679.14078.106.camel@heimdal.trondhjem.org> <4C8E0A03.3020500@panasas.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Date: Mon, 13 Sep 2010 08:29:57 -0400 Message-ID: <1284380997.2825.2.camel@heimdal.trondhjem.org> Sender: linux-nfs-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 On Mon, 2010-09-13 at 13:24 +0200, Benny Halevy wrote: > On 2010-09-11 03:07, Trond Myklebust wrote: > > On Fri, 2010-09-10 at 19:58 -0400, Christoph Hellwig wrote: > >>> +EXPORT_SYMBOL(pnfs_register_layoutdriver); > >> > >> Al exports from nfs.ko needs to be _GPL - this is in no way a public > >> API, just an internal subdivision of the nfs client. > > > > ACK. We're not committing to supporting a stable ABI here in any way, > > shape or form... > > OK, not yet. > > However, on the longer run I'd like us to consider formalizing > the kABI for non-GPLed layout drivers. > > I think that this is a great selling point as it fully materializes the > extensibility of the layout-type / layout-driver design model. No. I'm not committing to a kabi, ever... Trond