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

Trond Myklebust
2010-09-13T12:30:12Z

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...

Trond