Re: NFS under 2.2.12

Riley Williams (rhw@MemAlpha.CX)
Sat, 4 Sep 1999 16:21:15 +0100 (GMT)


Hi Horst.

>>> It should be a priority to merge knfsd patches quickly in order
>>> to eliminate this big ugly mess and finally get to a state where
>>> sysadmin can use NFS with Linux without loosing their sleep.

>> I don't normally join in with "me too"'s, but knfsd is a sore
>> subject with me. I'll accept that Linus may not want Trond's
>> nfs3 patches at this point, but the stock client code is
>> workable as-is for v2 (though somewhat slower). The server is
>> another story entirely.

> OK, can't help it anymore... I have to join this "me too" ;-)

>> Linus, Alan, can we please just take the step of putting HJ's
>> patches into the mainstream kernel, or failing that communicate
>> clearly what you object to? The current state of affairs is just
>> not acceptable, IMHO.

> Pretty please?

Is this the reason why my RedHat 6.0 system accepts NFS when run with
the 2.2.5-22 kernel, but not when I compile 2.2.10 and run under that?
If so, then...

1. I'm a "me too" as well.

2. What can I do to get it working until such time as the patches
in question do go into the stock kernel?

Best wishes from Riley.

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