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Subject: Re: Linux 3.1-rc1 (nfs/pnfs and drivers/md)
To: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xenotime.net>
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On Wed, Aug 10, 2011 at 5:58 PM, Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xenotime.net> wrote:
>
> The blocklayout parts of NVS_V4_1 could depend on BLOCK. ?or all of NVS_V4_1
> can depend on BLOCK.

Absolutely. Replace "could" by "should".

There's no way I'll take a patch to make NFS "select BLOCK". If the
block layer isn't enabled, then NFS obviously shouldn't be doing any
pnfs stuff.

                        Linus