On Fri, Aug 12, 2011 at 6:13 AM, Jim Rees <rees@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Boaz Harrosh wrote: > > What about the below? based on v3.1-rc1 > > ---- > From: Boaz Harrosh <bharrosh@xxxxxxxxxxx> > Subject: [PATCH] pnfs: Automatically select blocks & objects layouts > > Just like files-layout, blocks & objects layouts are part of the > NFS 4.1 protocol and should be automatically selected if NFS_4_1 > is selected. The small problem is that these depend on other > Kernel support being present, while files only depends on NFS > itself. > > This patch removes from the user choice the presence of objects > and blocks layout. But makes sure these are selected only if > the depended subsystems are present in the Kernel. > > Signed-off-by: Boaz Harrosh <bharrosh@xxxxxxxxxxx> > > Acked-by: Jim Rees <rees@xxxxxxxxx> > > I think this is what we want. There is no point allowing the user to pick > and choose various layout drivers. If they have selected nfs4.1 they should > get all the layout drivers their kernel will support, based on the > dependencies. > I agree automatically selecting is more reasonable. Acked-by: Peng Tao <peng_tao@xxxxxxx> -- Thanks, -Bergwolf -- 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
