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Date: Sun, 12 Feb 2012 20:02:53 +0200
From: Boaz Harrosh <bharrosh@panasas.com>
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Subject: Re: [RFC 19/21] NFS: Convert v4 into a module
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On 02/11/2012 12:02 AM, bjschuma@netapp.com wrote:
> The module will be created in the same directory as nfs.ko.  You need to
> run `modprobe nfs4` before you can use it.
> 

Can we do this mod_alias and autoloading magic like we do with 
LD drivers, so if NFSv4 is requested it is automatically loaded
by Kernel. 

This way the impact on user-mode will be minimal.

Thanks
Boaz