Re: RFC: getting rid of oldnfs

John Baldwin wrote:
> On Thursday, October 23, 2014 2:57:26 pm Rick Macklem wrote:
> > Someone just pinged me on this and I figured I should
> > bring it up.
> > 
> > 1 - Is anyone out there still using oldnfs due to unresolved
> >     problems with the new one? (I am not aware of any outstanding
> >     issues in the new nfs that don't exist in the oldnfs.)
> > 2 - Does anyone see a problem with getting rid of oldnfs for
> >     FreebSD-11?
> > 3 - If I get rid of it in -head, I can do it either in mid-December
> >     or mid-April. (I can't do commits during the winter.)
> >     Does anyone have a rough idea when the 11.0 release cycle will
> >     start, so I can choose which of the above would be preferable?
> >     (I figured I'd wait until after the last 10.n release that
> >     happens
> >      before 11.0, since it will be easier to MFC before the removal
> >      of
> >      oldnfs.)
> > 
> > Thanks in advance for any comments, rick
> > ps: John, I've cc'd you since I thought you are the guy most likely
> > to
> >     need to do commits/MFCs to oldnfs.
> 
> I think it is fine to remove it from 11.  I would do it sooner rather
> than
> later.
> 
I just got an off-list email from someone reporting that they have problems
w.r.t. a hang in the new server that they don't get in the old one.

I have encouraged them to repost to the list, so that we can hopefully
help this individual out.

Thanks for the comments, rick

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> John Baldwin
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