linux-kernel - Re: Linux 3.1-rc1 (nfs/pnfs and drivers/md)

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Message-ID: <CA+55aFzcSLrhkexEn=J7BN8F3P3Vy+EAjwgGwMQPdeoYoQG+Bw@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Wed, 10 Aug 2011 18:10:14 -0700
From:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...otime.net>
Cc:	Peng Tao <bergwolf@...il.com>,
	Trond Myklebust <Trond.Myklebust@...app.com>,
	linux-raid@...r.kernel.org,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	linux-nfs@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Linux 3.1-rc1 (nfs/pnfs and drivers/md)

On Wed, Aug 10, 2011 at 5:58 PM, Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...otime.net> wrote:
>
> The blocklayout parts of NVS_V4_1 could depend on BLOCK.  or all of NVS_V4_1
> can depend on BLOCK.

Absolutely. Replace "could" by "should".

There's no way I'll take a patch to make NFS "select BLOCK". If the
block layer isn't enabled, then NFS obviously shouldn't be doing any
pnfs stuff.

                        Linus
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