netdev - Re: [PATCH 2/2] NFS: handle IPv6 addresses in nfs ctl

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Date:	Mon, 05 Nov 2007 16:17:10 +0100
From:	Aurélien Charbon <aurelien.charbon@....bull.net>
To:	Neil Brown <neilb@...e.de>
Cc:	Mailing list NFSv4 <nfsv4@...ux-nfs.org>,
	netdev ML <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] NFS: handle IPv6 addresses in nfs ctl

Hi Neil,
Thank you for the reply.

Neil Brown wrote:

>>I think this patch is unnecessary and hence not wanted.
>>The getfs / getfs calls should be considered legacy calls.
>>Adding functionality to them is not appropriate.
>>    
>>
I agree with that.
But I don't think we really add functionality here.
Modifications are just necessary to match the auth_unix_lookup new 
prototype.
I don't see how we can avoid that.

Aurélien

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       Aurelien Charbon
       Linux NFSv4 team
           Bull SAS
     Echirolles - France
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