Re: Linux 2.2.16pre5 - NFS?!

From: Andi Kleen (ak@suse.de)
Date: Sun May 28 2000 - 05:40:19 EST


Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> writes:

> > NFS works again with 2.2.16pre5 when I turned on CONFIG_NETLINK,
> > CONFIG_RTNETLINK=y, and CONFIG_NETLINK_DEV. The help window for those
> > choices really does not say anything about NFSservice. That is strange.
>
> They have nothing to do with NFS. So its even stranger

Newer knfsd uses the netlink device (not the socket :-()_to ask mountd again
after reboots for new requests.
Normally that should be only supported by the knfsd patches various
distributions ship though. But maybe the newer user land knfsd breaks
without netlink ?

-Andi

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