Re: [nfsv4] Last call for NSDB Protocol for Federated Filesystems (Oct 4 - Oct 22nd)

James Lentini <jlentini@netapp.com> Mon, 08 November 2010 16:06 UTC

Return-Path: <jlentini@netapp.com>
X-Original-To: nfsv4@core3.amsl.com
Delivered-To: nfsv4@core3.amsl.com
Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by core3.amsl.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9B4F43A68FC for <nfsv4@core3.amsl.com>; Mon, 8 Nov 2010 08:06:16 -0800 (PST)
X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at amsl.com
X-Spam-Flag: NO
X-Spam-Score: -10.599
X-Spam-Level:
X-Spam-Status: No, score=-10.599 tagged_above=-999 required=5 tests=[BAYES_00=-2.599, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_HI=-8]
Received: from mail.ietf.org ([64.170.98.32]) by localhost (core3.amsl.com [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id XbaTnjTjSgAZ for <nfsv4@core3.amsl.com>; Mon, 8 Nov 2010 08:06:15 -0800 (PST)
Received: from mx2.netapp.com (mx2.netapp.com [216.240.18.37]) by core3.amsl.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id DA0753A68D8 for <nfsv4@ietf.org>; Mon, 8 Nov 2010 08:06:15 -0800 (PST)
X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.58,314,1286175600"; d="scan'208";a="479185624"
Received: from smtp1.corp.netapp.com ([10.57.156.124]) by mx2-out.netapp.com with ESMTP; 08 Nov 2010 08:06:37 -0800
Received: from jlentini-linux.hq.netapp.com (jlentini-linux.hq.netapp.com [10.97.16.21]) by smtp1.corp.netapp.com (8.13.1/8.13.1/NTAP-1.6) with ESMTP id oA8G6aba005724; Mon, 8 Nov 2010 08:06:37 -0800 (PST)
Date: Mon, 08 Nov 2010 11:06:35 -0500
From: James Lentini <jlentini@netapp.com>
X-X-Sender: jlentini@jlentini-linux.nane.netapp.com
To: Nicolas Williams <Nicolas.Williams@oracle.com>
In-Reply-To: <20101105205132.GP6536@oracle.com>
Message-ID: <alpine.LFD.2.00.1011080950260.14303@jlentini-linux.nane.netapp.com>
References: <E043D9D8EE3B5743B8B174A814FD584F0A6BFD9C@TK5EX14MBXC126.redmond.corp.microsoft.com> <alpine.LFD.2.00.1010221251120.4707@jlentini-linux.nane.netapp.com> <4CD1DFE4.1060004@oracle.com> <20101104193632.GX6536@oracle.com> <alpine.LFD.2.00.1011051500050.14303@jlentini-linux.nane.netapp.com> <20101105205132.GP6536@oracle.com>
User-Agent: Alpine 2.00 (LFD 1167 2008-08-23)
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset="US-ASCII"
Cc: Robert Thurlow <Robert.Thurlow@oracle.com>, "nfsv4@ietf.org" <nfsv4@ietf.org>
Subject: Re: [nfsv4] Last call for NSDB Protocol for Federated Filesystems (Oct 4 - Oct 22nd)
X-BeenThere: nfsv4@ietf.org
X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.9
Precedence: list
List-Id: NFSv4 Working Group <nfsv4.ietf.org>
List-Unsubscribe: <https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/nfsv4>, <mailto:nfsv4-request@ietf.org?subject=unsubscribe>
List-Archive: <http://www.ietf.org/mail-archive/web/nfsv4>
List-Post: <mailto:nfsv4@ietf.org>
List-Help: <mailto:nfsv4-request@ietf.org?subject=help>
List-Subscribe: <https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/nfsv4>, <mailto:nfsv4-request@ietf.org?subject=subscribe>
X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 08 Nov 2010 16:06:16 -0000

On Fri, 5 Nov 2010, Nicolas Williams wrote:

> On Fri, Nov 05, 2010 at 03:15:16PM -0400, James Lentini wrote:
> > On Thu, 4 Nov 2010, Nicolas Williams wrote:
<snip>
> > 
> > > I think a free-form text annotation for sysadmins to make notes is 
> > > also a good idea.
> > 
> > This is part of the specification. See the fedfsDescr.
> 
> But we've heard one implementor (us) talk about using it in an ad-hoc
> way, rather than as free-form text.  Is that really what's desired?

The fedfsDescr attribute is a free-form text field.

Are you confusing the subject of this thread, the fedfsAnnotation 
attribute, with the fedfsDescr attribute? I don't remember any posts 
from you or Rob on using the fedfsDescr attribute for a purpose 
incompatible with free-form text.