From: Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.org>
To: Scott Mayhew <smayhew@redhat.com>
Cc: steved@redhat.com, hch@infradead.org, carnil@debian.org,
linux-nfs@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [nfs-utils PATCH] Rename CONFIG_NFSV41 to CONFIG_BLKMAPD and disable by default
Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2026 08:09:51 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <aWkRT_3i-yTBniHA@infradead.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260114145435.826165-1-smayhew@redhat.com>
On Wed, Jan 14, 2026 at 09:54:35AM -0500, Scott Mayhew wrote:
> pNFS block layout is deprecated in favor of pNFS SCSI layout, which
> doesn't require the use of blkmapd.
>
> Since CONFIG_NFSV41 (enabled by default, but can be disabled via
> --disable-nfsv41) is only used to enable blkmapd, let's rename it to
> CONFIG_BLKMAPD and change the default to disabled.
>
> Distributions that wish to continue to include blkmapd can do so by
> adding --enable-blkmapd to their configure script invocation.
Looks good:
Reviewed-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-01-15 16:09 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-01-11 14:17 [nfs-utils] "blkmapd open pipe file /run/rpc_pipefs/nfs/blocklayout failed" and handling of nfs-blkmap.service service Salvatore Bonaccorso
2026-01-14 6:36 ` Christoph Hellwig
2026-01-14 12:21 ` Scott Mayhew
2026-01-14 14:54 ` [nfs-utils PATCH] Rename CONFIG_NFSV41 to CONFIG_BLKMAPD and disable by default Scott Mayhew
2026-01-15 16:09 ` Christoph Hellwig [this message]
2026-01-15 16:16 ` Salvatore Bonaccorso
2026-01-26 13:37 ` Steve Dickson
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