Re: NFS under 2.2.12

Horst von Brand (vonbrand@inf.utfsm.cl)
Fri, 03 Sep 1999 12:01:37 -0400


"Steven N. Hirsch" <shirsch@adelphia.net> said:
> On 2 Sep 1999, Stefan Monnier wrote:

[...]

> > 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?

PS: Thanks all for the hard work!

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