Re: [PATCH] NFSD: docs: Fix pNFS SCSI Kconfig symbol

From: Randy Dunlap

Date: Sat Aug 22 2026 - 13:02:56 EST




On 8/22/26 1:10 AM, Karl Mehltretter wrote:
> The pNFS SCSI layout server is controlled by NFSD_SCSILAYOUT.
> NFSD_SCSI has never existed.
>
> Fixes: f99d4fbdae67 ("nfsd: add SCSI layout support")
> Assisted-by: Codex:gpt-5.6-sol
> Signed-off-by: Karl Mehltretter <kmehltretter@xxxxxxxxx>

LGTM. Thanks.
Acked-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

> ---
> Documentation/admin-guide/nfs/pnfs-scsi-server.rst | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/nfs/pnfs-scsi-server.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/nfs/pnfs-scsi-server.rst
> index b202508d281d5..a3074450ac158 100644
> --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/nfs/pnfs-scsi-server.rst
> +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/nfs/pnfs-scsi-server.rst
> @@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ addition to the MDS. As of now the file system needs to sit directly on the
> exported LUN, striping or concatenation of LUNs on the MDS and clients
> is not supported yet.
>
> -On a server built with CONFIG_NFSD_SCSI, the pNFS SCSI volume support is
> +On a server built with CONFIG_NFSD_SCSILAYOUT, the pNFS SCSI volume support is
> automatically enabled if the file system is exported using the "pnfs"
> option and the underlying SCSI device support persistent reservations.
> On the client make sure the kernel has the CONFIG_PNFS_BLOCK option

--
~Randy