RFC: moving NFSv4.1 client from projects to head

[Rick Macklem]

Konstantin Belousov wrote:
> On Fri, Nov 16, 2012 at 09:15:49PM -0500, Rick Macklem wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I've been working on NFSv4.1 client support for FreeBSD
> > for some time now and known issues from testing at a
> > Bakeathon last June have been resolved. The patch is
> > rather big, but I believe it should not affect the
> > client unless the new mount options:
> >   minorversion=1,pnfs
> > are used for an nfsv4 mount.
> >
> > Since I don't believe that the new NFS client will be
> > affected unless these new mount options are used, I think
> > it could go into head now. On the other hand, there are few
> > NFSv4.1 servers currently available, so it might not yet
> > be widely useful. (See below for slides w.r.t. server availability.)
> >
> > How do folks feel about doing this in early December?
> >
> > Since it doesn't change any KBIs, it could also be MFC'd
> > to stable/9. Would MFC'ing it to stable/9 make sense?
> >
> > For those interested in testing and/or reviewing it,
> > the code is currently in:
> >   base/projects/nfsv4.1-client
> >   (It is purely a kernel patch.)
> > Also, the current state of NFSv4.1 servers is roughly:
> >   http://www.pnfs.com/docs/LISA-11-pNFS-BoF-final.pdf
> >
> > Thanks in advance for any comments, rick
> IMO, the earlier the change that you feel mature enough, hits the HEAD
> in
> the HEAD x.0 cycle, the better. That said, would you mind to put a
> diff
> somewhere to ease the review and testing ?
Will do, as soon as I get home at the end of Nov. (I can't do svn or
uploads until then.)

Thanks for the comments, rick