From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: linux-nfs-owner@vger.kernel.org Received: from smtp.mail.umich.edu ([141.211.14.82]:55410 "EHLO hellskitchen.mr.itd.umich.edu" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751017Ab1LCN4e (ORCPT ); Sat, 3 Dec 2011 08:56:34 -0500 Date: Sat, 3 Dec 2011 08:56:25 -0500 From: Jim Rees To: Harald Dunkel Cc: linux-nfs@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: NFSv4 fsid=0 export still necessary? Message-ID: <20111203135625.GA2931@umich.edu> References: <4EDA0650.9080702@afaics.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii In-Reply-To: <4EDA0650.9080702@afaics.de> Sender: linux-nfs-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Harald Dunkel wrote: Question: Is the common root directory optional? Since NFSv3 doesn't support this name space feature, wouldn't it be more wise to omit the root directory? The server root directory combined with SRV records to locate server roots would give us a universal name space, something I've been advocating for since the beginning of v4. But today our universal names all seem to start with "http:".