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On Mon, Nov 04, 2013 at 09:22:11AM -0800, Chuck Lever wrote:
> The original proposal is
> 
>   http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-eisler-nfsv4-enterprise-apps-01
> 
> and has been somewhat modified in its expression in NFSv4.2.

The INITIALIZE operation in that proposal look like a sane translation of
the SCSI WRITE SAME commands to NFS, but I have no idea
how that eveloved into the monster of ADHs in the NFS4.2 draft.