Return-Path: linux-nfs-owner@vger.kernel.org Received: from mail-ey0-f174.google.com ([209.85.215.174]:40462 "EHLO mail-ey0-f174.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751172Ab1LAJrL (ORCPT ); Thu, 1 Dec 2011 04:47:11 -0500 Received: by eaak14 with SMTP id k14so1885202eaa.19 for ; Thu, 01 Dec 2011 01:47:10 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <4ED74D19.7060302@tonian.com> Date: Thu, 01 Dec 2011 11:47:05 +0200 From: Benny Halevy MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "J. Bruce Fields" CC: Marc Eshel , Trond Myklebust , Peng Tao , Boaz Harrosh , Garth Gibson , Fred Isaman , linux-nfs@vger.kernel.org, Matt Benjamin Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/4] nfs41: allow layoutget at pnfs_do_multiple_writes References: <1322603848.11286.7.camel@lade.trondhjem.org> <4ED55F78.205@panasas.com> <1322606842.11286.33.camel@lade.trondhjem.org> <4ED563AC.5040501@panasas.com> <1322609431.11286.56.camel@lade.trondhjem.org> <1322611689.11286.72.camel@lade.trondhjem.org> <1322613425.11286.86.camel@lade.trondhjem.org> <20111130194410.GB32028@fieldses.org> In-Reply-To: <20111130194410.GB32028@fieldses.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Sender: linux-nfs-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On 2011-11-30 21:44, J. Bruce Fields wrote: > On Tue, Nov 29, 2011 at 04:52:59PM -0800, Marc Eshel wrote: >> Trond Myklebust wrote on 11/29/2011 04:37:05 >> PM: >>> >>> Peng Tao, bhalevy, Boaz Harrosh, Garth Gibson, Fred Isaman, linux- >>> nfs, Matt Benjamin >>> >>> On Tue, 2011-11-29 at 16:20 -0800, Marc Eshel wrote: >>>> You ignored my main point, I was talking about the server side, my >> point >>>> was that there is nothing to build on on the serve side since the pNFS >> >>>> Linux server is not happening. >>>> Marc. >>> >>> Sorry. I misunderstood your concern. As far as I know, the main problem >>> there is also one of investment: nobody has stepped up to help Bruce >>> write a pNFS server. >>> >>> I'm less worried about this now than I was earlier, because other open >>> source efforts are gaining traction (see Ganesha - which is being >>> sponsored by IBM, and projects such as Tigran's java based pNFS server). >>> The other point is that we've developed client test-rigs that don't >>> depend on the availability of a Linux server (newpynfs and the pynfs >>> based proxy). >> >> You got it backward, Ganesha is getting traction precisely because the >> Linux kernel server is not happening :) > > My understanding is the same as Trond's--the reason it's not happening > is because nobody is making an effort to merge it. What am I missing? > Tonian is working on this and we've allocated resources also to help out on your nfs4.1 todo list. Benny > --b.