From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "J. Bruce Fields" Subject: Re: Distributed storage. Move away from char device ioctls. Date: Fri, 14 Sep 2007 17:18:28 -0400 Message-ID: <20070914211828.GC12444@fieldses.org> References: <20070914185429.GA9439@2ka.mipt.ru> <46EADC02.9070409@garzik.org> <20070914211210.GB12444@fieldses.org> <46EAF9CD.1090808@garzik.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: Evgeniy Polyakov , netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org To: Jeff Garzik Return-path: Received: from mail.fieldses.org ([66.93.2.214]:44984 "EHLO fieldses.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1756554AbXINVSc (ORCPT ); Fri, 14 Sep 2007 17:18:32 -0400 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <46EAF9CD.1090808@garzik.org> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: netdev.vger.kernel.org On Fri, Sep 14, 2007 at 05:14:53PM -0400, Jeff Garzik wrote: > J. Bruce Fields wrote: >> On Fri, Sep 14, 2007 at 03:07:46PM -0400, Jeff Garzik wrote: >>> I've been waiting for years for a smart person to come along and write a >>> POSIX-only distributed filesystem. > >> What exactly do you mean by "POSIX-only"? > > Don't bother supporting attributes, file modes, and other details not > supported by POSIX. The prime example being NFSv4, which is larded down > with Windows features. I am sympathetic.... Cutting those out may still leave you with something pretty complicated, though. > NFSv4.1 adds to the fun, by throwing interoperability completely out the > window. What parts are you worried about in particular? --b.