Return-Path: Received: from daytona.panasas.com ([67.152.220.89]:30186 "EHLO daytona.int.panasas.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754677Ab0IMLYy (ORCPT ); Mon, 13 Sep 2010 07:24:54 -0400 Message-ID: <4C8E0A03.3020500@panasas.com> Date: Mon, 13 Sep 2010 13:24:51 +0200 From: Benny Halevy To: Trond Myklebust , Christoph Hellwig CC: Fred Isaman , linux-nfs@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH 07/13] RFC: pnfs: full mount/umount infrastructure 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> In-Reply-To: <1284163679.14078.106.camel@heimdal.trondhjem.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Sender: linux-nfs-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 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. Benny > > Cheers > Trond > > -- > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-nfs" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html