Re: [PATCH 07/13] RFC: pnfs: full mount/umount infrastructure

Benny Halevy
2010-09-13T14:37:41Z

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
>