Re: ac/trond's NFS client + lockd problems

H.J. Lu (hjl@lucon.org)
Sat, 17 Jul 1999 10:18:15 -0700 (PDT)


>
> Proper NFS function (i.e. client, server, locking subsystem, etc) is quite
> important to many of us. Would it be possible to work towards a bit more
> intercommunication and coordination between those chasing each other about
> the same sections of code? The situation is confusing the heck out of me
> (with many years of hacking background) - I can only begin to imagine what
> newbies and harried sysadmins are going through.
>

The NFS is very important to us. That is why I spend my time on it. We
need a stable NFS client and server with file locking. I have beeen
running NFS tests and benchmarks for my NFS package. That is how I
found those bugs. I have to have a working V2 NFS before touching
V3 stuff. Unfortunately, NFS is not the only project I am working on.
I cannot spend much more time on it before V2 is solid. It looks like
V2 is very close. I will make a V2 NFS server presentation at LinuxWorld
Expo in August. After that, hopefully I can start working on V3 stuff.
Before that, if you want a working kernel with stable NFS, you can try
VA kernel. We have been beating it to death on our hardwares. It seems
to be very solid to us.

H.J.

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