Re: Linux 2.2.16pre5 - NFS?!

From: Neil Brown (neilb@cse.unsw.edu.au)
Date: Mon May 29 2000 - 21:09:14 EST


On May 30, ma@dt.e-technik.uni-dortmund.de wrote:
> Chip Salzenberg <chip@valinux.com> writes:
>
> > According to Matthias Andree:
> > > Having unsuited accompanying user-space utils will definitely spoil
> > > that thing.
> >
> > Ah, not so much. For example, I only ever use NFSv2, myself, so older
> > mount binaries work just fine for me. And Trond's patches do a whole
> > lot more than just enable NFSv3.
>
> There's no point in merging non-tcp v3 NFS stuff unless it's actually
> used (client + server) so it can actually be tested in
> 2.2.16-pre, don't you think?

Which came first, the chicken or the egg?

Having full v3 support in the kernel might help encourage util-linux
to get up-to-date.

NeilBrown

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