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To:     Rick Macklem <rmacklem@uoguelph.ca>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] NFSD fix handling of NFSv4.2 SEEK for data within
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From:   bfields@fieldses.org (J. Bruce Fields)
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Adding nfsv4@ietf.org:

On Thu, Apr 01, 2021 at 09:32:05PM +0000, Rick Macklem wrote:
> I discussed this on nfsv4@ietf.org some time ago.
> The problem with "fixing" the server is that it breaks
> the unpatched Linux client.
> 
> If the client is careful, it can work correctly for both a Linux
> and RFC5661 conformant server. That's what the FreeBSD
> client tries to do.
> --> I'd suggest that be your main goal.
> 
> The FreeBSD server ships "Linux compatible", but there is
> a switch to make it RFC5661 compatible.
> --> I wouldn't make it default the RFC compatible for
>       quite a while after the client that handles RFC compatible
>       ships.
> 
> I tried to convince folks to "errata" the RFC to Linux
> compatible (since Linux was the only shipping 4.2 at
> the time, but they did not consider it an "errata").

Previous discussion here:

	https://mailarchive.ietf.org/arch/msg/nfsv4/bPLFnywt1wZ4kolMkzeSYca0qIM/

There's no rejection on that thread, was it elsewhere?

--b.