Please test knfsd-980920

H.J. Lu (hjl@lucon.org)
Sun, 20 Sep 1998 17:18:14 -0700 (PDT)


All known knfs bugs are fixed. I made quite a few changes. Please
check it out. When you report a bug, please tell me exactly how
to reproduce the bug. Please don't assume anything.

Thanks.

H.J.

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This is the Linux kernel NFS daemon. It is based on linux-nfs 0.4.22.
It is tested on Linux/alpha and Linux/x86 running glibc 2.0.7.

Changes from knfsd-980915:

1. There is a knsfd quota patch for Linux 2.1.1xx, quota-2.1.1xx.diff. It is only tested on linux 2.1.122. 2. The submount pathname is removed from the xtab file. 3. rc.nfsd runs kexportfs with -r instead of -a for start. 4. Fix kshowmount -e. 5. Fix hostname matching. 6. Fix compiling on libc 5.

Changes from knfsd-980910:

1. nfsd-2.1.121-3.patch from G. Allen Morris III (gam3@acm.org). 2. A new flag, -r, for exportfs. 3. Don't put an entry in xtab if kernel rejects it. 4. Use the official hostname when checking if 2 hostnames are the same. 5. Allow submounts.

It is available at

ftp://ftp.yggdrasil.com/private/hjl/knfsd-980920.tar.gz ftp://ftp.yggdrasil.com/private/hjl/knfsd-980915-980920.diff.gz ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/devel/gcc/knfsd-980920.tar.gz ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/devel/gcc/knfsd-980915-980920.diff.gz

You have to apply the patch, linux-2.1.1xx.diff, to the Linux kernel first. It fixes quite a few nfs bugs. That patch is against Linux 2.1.111. If your kernel is different, you have to apply it by hand.

If you want quota to work for knfsd, you also need to apply the patch, quota-2.1.1xx.diff, to the Linux kernel. This patch is against Linux 2.1.122. If your kernel is different, you have to apply it by hand.

nfsd-2.1.121-3.patch is another knfsd patch against linux 2.1.121 by "G. Allen Morris III" (gam3@acm.org). It works for me on x86 and alpha.

To compile, just do

# make

Makefile will try to determine which C library you are using and compile this package accordingly.

# make install

will install the knfsd binaries. You have to install a knfs start up script by hand. There is a new rc.nfsd in etc. I use it for both the user-space nfsd and the kernel nfsd.

The NFS lock is only tested with knfsd. If the NFS lock doesn't work for you, please try knfsd first before reporting it.

Thanks.

H.J. hjl@lucon.org 09/20/98

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