[AFS3-std] [RPC Request] 64-bit volume IDs, quotas, and block usages

[Simon Wilkinson]

On 22 Jun 2009, at 05:27, Jeffrey Altman wrote:
>> So it's right for us to give serious consideration to expanding the  
>> namespace, and to making backward compatibility with the oldest  
>> clients a secondary consideration.
> This is where you and the OpenAFS gatekeepers differ in a most
> significant way.

I think we should remember our reasons for separating out  
standardisation from OpenAFS. Whilst OpenAFS's concerns (as the major  
implementor) can certainly guide our discussions, I don't think what  
the gatekeepers feel they can or cannot implement should necessarily  
constrain those discussions.

So, I think there are two real issues here:

a) Is it desirable that a future version of the AFS protocol be  
capable of supporting 64 bit volume IDs?
b) Given a) do we want to include 64 bit volume IDs in the protocol  
revision we are currently discussing?

Cheers,

Simon.