On 2010-09-13 14:29, Trond Myklebust wrote: > On Mon, 2010-09-13 at 13:24 +0200, Benny Halevy wrote: >> On 2010-09-11 03:07, Trond Myklebust wrote: >>> On Fri, 2010-09-10 at 19:58 -0400, Christoph Hellwig wrote: >>>>> +EXPORT_SYMBOL(pnfs_register_layoutdriver); >>>> >>>> Al exports from nfs.ko needs to be _GPL - this is in no way a public >>>> API, just an internal subdivision of the nfs client. >>> >>> ACK. We're not committing to supporting a stable ABI here in any way, >>> shape or form... >> >> OK, not yet. >> >> However, on the longer run I'd like us to consider formalizing >> the kABI for non-GPLed layout drivers. >> >> I think that this is a great selling point as it fully materializes the >> extensibility of the layout-type / layout-driver design model. > > No. I'm not committing to a kabi, ever... Care to explain your reasoning in some more details? > > Trond > -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-nfs" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html