Return-Path: linux-nfs-owner@vger.kernel.org Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([209.132.183.28]:48476 "EHLO mx1.redhat.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1757345AbaHGNOI (ORCPT ); Thu, 7 Aug 2014 09:14:08 -0400 Message-ID: <53E37B96.8040807@RedHat.com> Date: Thu, 07 Aug 2014 09:13:58 -0400 From: Steve Dickson MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Christoph Hellwig , Peng Tao CC: Trond Myklebust , linuxnfs , "faibish, sorin" Subject: Re: [PATCH 08/17] pnfs/blocklayout: reject pnfs blocksize larger than page size References: <1407396229-4785-1-git-send-email-hch@lst.de> <1407396229-4785-9-git-send-email-hch@lst.de> <20140807112537.GA3437@lst.de> In-Reply-To: <20140807112537.GA3437@lst.de> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Sender: linux-nfs-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On 08/07/2014 07:25 AM, Christoph Hellwig wrote: > On Thu, Aug 07, 2014 at 06:43:14PM +0800, Peng Tao wrote: >> > So this kills EMC server support. > Given the state the code claiming support for any server is a large > exaggeration.. > But eliminating the potential of supporting block layouts does not sound like a very good idea to me.... There are rumors of other block layouts implementations coming down the pike.... So hopefully we don't eliminating any and all possible support of block layouts in the future... steved.