On Fri, Jun 29, 2012 at 2:12 PM, Vitaliy Gusev <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello! > > During looking at nfs sources I've seen a lot of code with mention of > WebNFS. > > Really NFS code needs to be improved, but that WebNFS stuff brings some > difficulties to do that, because: > > - it is impossible to do regression testing of WebNFS functionality > > - nobody knows how to set WebNFS up to check whether it works or not. > > - No one web-browser supports it > > > Due to those reasons code modification will 100% break WebNFS functionality. > > So question is: Is it real used technology or not? Maybe it is time > to drop it out as unused?
This raises some questions for me. The only client I've heard about for WebNFS is the Sun Java one, now: http://java.net/projects/yanfs Could that be used for regression testing? And the bigger question: Would it be worth the trouble? Are any other NFS server implementations supporting WebNFS? How much does WebNFS support affect the NFS server code? I gather it causes the appearance of NULL file handles in lookup, and special behavior for those cases. Anything else? How much code/work is saved if you eliminate those? Thanks, -- Gordon Ross <[email protected]> Nexenta Systems, Inc. www.nexenta.com Enterprise class storage for everyone ------------------------------------------- illumos-discuss Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/182180/=now RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/182180/21175430-2e6923be Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=21175430&id_secret=21175430-6a77cda4 Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
