On Wed, Nov 12, 2014 at 8:09 AM, Benjamin Coddington <bcodding@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Here's a quick summary of where the threads ended up: > > - Everyone agrees that if a specific minor version is specified, only > that version should be attempted. > > - On the issue of minor version omission, the positions are: > 1) vers=4 means try 4.1, 4.0. > Steve D > Boaz > Ben C So where does the number 4.1 come from here? Is that a compile option? That means we would need to recompile every time someone wants to bump the version number to a new default. > 2) vers=4 means try 4.0 only. > Andros > Anna > Frank > > 3) vers=4 means > - if conf file defaultvers=4.1, try 4.1, 4.0. > - else if defaultvers not set try 4.0 only. > Trond > > Anyone else want to weigh in? Trond's position can also count towards > the second position because we should consider the case where the config > file is not used or turned off in the build. I think I could just add a > bit to the config file that switches between 1 and 2, something like > "usebestversion", which defaults to position 2. That would allow a > distro to use the first behavior if they chose. > > Ben > > > On Tue, 11 Nov 2014, Benjamin Coddington wrote: > >> I will update mount.nfs so the default version is 4.1. I have two quick >> questions on desired behavior: >> >> o Should mounts that do not specify a minor version be upgraded to the >> default minor version? >> >> For example, should 'mount -overs=4' turn into 'mount -overs4.1', if the >> current default is 4.1? >> >> >> o If 'yes' to the above, should mount auto-retry decrementing minor >> versions if EPROTONOSUPPORT? >> >> For example, 'mount -overs=4' with a default of 4.2 would attempt: 4.2, >> then 4.1, then 4.0. >> >> Ben >> -- >> 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 >> > -- > 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 -- Trond Myklebust Linux NFS client maintainer, PrimaryData trond.myklebust@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx -- 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
