Note that WebNFS is "builtin" to Solaris NFS -- it uses WebNFS by default (as do any other clients which implement it) unless NFS v4 is used instead. By and large WebNFS is just a fairly minor set of enhancements designed to provide single TCP port functionality to work better over firewalls. It was a very unfortunate marketing mistake that Sun decided to call this "WebNFS" because it has nothing to do with HTTP or web browsers.
Garrett D'Amore [email protected] On Jul 2, 2012, at 8:28 PM, Gordon Ross wrote: > 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/182180/22003744-45f01c1f > Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?&; > Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com ------------------------------------------- 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
