From: Andrew Morton Subject: Re: What's slated for inclusion in 2.6.24-rc1 from the NFS client git tree... Date: Thu, 4 Oct 2007 11:42:43 -0700 Message-ID: <20071004114243.3161af16.akpm@linux-foundation.org> References: <1191454876.6726.32.camel@heimdal.trondhjem.org> <20071004085206.0a8e37b5@poseidon.drzeus.cx> <1191506450.6685.17.camel@heimdal.trondhjem.org> <20071004184304.6e71ab6d@poseidon.drzeus.cx> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Cc: staubach@redhat.com, nfsv4@linux-nfs.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, nfs@lists.sourceforge.net, trond.myklebust@fys.uio.no To: Pierre Ossman Return-path: Received: from sc8-sf-mx1-b.sourceforge.net ([10.3.1.91] helo=mail.sourceforge.net) by sc8-sf-list2-new.sourceforge.net with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1IdVfc-0006nI-Hc for nfs@lists.sourceforge.net; Thu, 04 Oct 2007 11:43:36 -0700 Received: from smtp2.linux-foundation.org ([207.189.120.14]) by mail.sourceforge.net with esmtps (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.44) id 1IdVfg-0001oz-Hm for nfs@lists.sourceforge.net; Thu, 04 Oct 2007 11:43:41 -0700 In-Reply-To: <20071004184304.6e71ab6d@poseidon.drzeus.cx> List-Id: "Discussion of NFS under Linux development, interoperability, and testing." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: nfs-bounces@lists.sourceforge.net Errors-To: nfs-bounces@lists.sourceforge.net On Thu, 4 Oct 2007 18:43:04 +0200 Pierre Ossman wrote: > On Thu, 04 Oct 2007 10:00:50 -0400 > Trond Myklebust wrote: > > > On Thu, 2007-10-04 at 08:52 +0200, Pierre Ossman wrote: > > > On Wed, 03 Oct 2007 19:41:16 -0400 > > > Trond Myklebust wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > We also have the 64-bit inode support from RedHat/Peter Staubach. > > > > > > > > > > As has been pointed[1] out[2], this will cause regressions for > > > non-LFS applications (of which there are still lots and lots). This > > > change should be in feature-removal (the "feature" being removed is > > > legacy support for non-LFS applications using NFS servers that make > > > full use of the protocol) and preferably accompanied with > > > appropriate user space changes (e.g. compatibility option in glibc). > > > > > > [1] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=241348 > > > [2] http://marc.info/?l=linux-nfs&m=118701088726477&w=2 > > > > > > Rgds > > > > How about a boot/module parameter to turn it on or off? > > > > That would be perfect. It can even be in non-legacy mode by default, > just as long as you can go back to the old behaviour when/if you run > into a non-LFS application. > Wouldn't a mount option be better? ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ _______________________________________________ NFS maillist - NFS@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/nfs