[OpenAFS-devel] afsdb support configuration

[Derek Atkins]

I presume that the current AFSDB support does not imply a "soft"
root.afs volume, correct?  One feature I'd like to see is that /afs is
dynamicaly created on-the-fly, instead of mounted from the home cell.
Lots of open issues on how this would be done or what it would imply,
which I don't want to get into this minute.

-derek

Derrick J Brashear <shadow@dementia.org> writes:

> I'd like for the next OpenAFS release to have the AFSDB support recently
> contributed by Nickolai Zeldovich enabled, but before I do that, I'd like
> reasonable assurances that I won't need to change ordering of what's tried
> in the very next version.
> 
> Currently it's implemented such that CellServDB is authoritative and AFSDB
> lookups are only done if there's no entry or if a prvious lookup had been
> done. 
> 
> Things I can see people wanting, and I don't necessarily have approaches
> in mind for any of it:
> -Some sites will want to allow only cells from a list, but prefer or
> require AFSDB lookup for those (I would do this with a CellServDB entry
> with no servers, but it could be done other ways)
> -Some sites will want a switch to choose which is preferred. Where should
> this go? An fs command? Something else?
> 
> What do other people think?
> 
> -D
> 
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