[pnfs] pnfs 2.6.18 bakeathon patches

[Labiaga, Ricardo]

I'm okay with delaying the protocol change, we can always apply it
locally for our testing here.

- ricardo 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Marc Eshel [mailto:eshel at almaden.ibm.com] 
> Sent: Wednesday, October 17, 2007 7:18 AM
> To: Labiaga, Ricardo
> Cc: pnfs at linux-nfs.org; dean hildebrand
> Subject: Re: [pnfs] pnfs 2.6.18 bakeathon patches
> 
> pnfs-bounces at linux-nfs.org wrote on 10/16/2007 06:51:54 PM:
> 
> > Multiple branches are doable.  It's kind of painful to maintain them
> > though. 
> > 
> > Is there a fundamental problem with the GETDEVICELIST patch 
> that needs
> > to be implemented in a different way going forward in 2.6-latest?
> 
> No, I asked that we delay protocol change and only the performance 
> improvement until after SC07. There are few location that are 
> participating and few that are already testing with the 
> existing version. 
> I though it would be nice to have a place out side a firewall 
> that the 
> code be shared. If it is to much of a problem I can figure 
> out something 
> else, if not, Andy, I need the performance patches in there asap.
> 
> Thanks, Marc.
>  
> > 
> > - ricardo
> > 
>