Return-Path: linux-nfs-owner@vger.kernel.org Received: from bombadil.infradead.org ([198.137.202.9]:38975 "EHLO bombadil.infradead.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752924Ab3JANeO (ORCPT ); Tue, 1 Oct 2013 09:34:14 -0400 Date: Tue, 1 Oct 2013 06:34:12 -0700 From: Christoph Hellwig To: Boaz Harrosh Cc: Christoph Hellwig , Benny Halevy , "J. Bruce Fields" , linux-nfs@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH RFC v0 20/49] pnfsd: filelayout: layout encoding Message-ID: <20131001133412.GC32431@infradead.org> References: <52447EA0.7070004@primarydata.com> <1380220872-13597-1-git-send-email-bhalevy@primarydata.com> <20130929121639.GD21083@infradead.org> <524A2225.8020000@panasas.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii In-Reply-To: <524A2225.8020000@panasas.com> Sender: linux-nfs-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Mon, Sep 30, 2013 at 06:15:17PM -0700, Boaz Harrosh wrote: > Though I would like to keep it here, because I have a patchset > which implements pNFS without NFSD at all. It enables a set > of IOCTLs or syscalls and uses the same exact FS interface > introduced here but sends the info to a user mode server. If you want your userlevel fs use ganesha. The kernel is a self-contained project and not a random library.