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

Benny Halevy
2010-09-13T11:24:54Z

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.

Benny

>
> Cheers
> Trond
>
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