Re: CONFIG_NETWORK_FILESYSTEMS not set in /proc/config.gz

From: Randy Dunlap
Date: Thu Jul 10 2008 - 00:45:15 EST


On Wed, 9 Jul 2008 18:22:45 +0200 (MET DST) K. Ernel wrote:

>
> hello list,
>
> I usually switch to a new kernel version using the
> old .config file by doing:
>
> # zcat /proc/config.gz > .config
> # make oldconfig
>
> however, with the last two (or so) versions, I always lost the network
> file system configuration. It's not present in config.gz,
> while in the old .config of the previous release, it _is_
> present, plus I'm abble to use network file system support
> in the current (before the update) kernel.
>
> e.g.:
>
> (1) kernel version:
> # uname -r
> 2.6.25.9
>
> (2) this kernel version's configuration in the sources:
> # grep NETWORK_FILE linux-2.6.25.9/.config
> CONFIG_NETWORK_FILESYSTEMS=y
>
> (3) this kernel version's configuration in /proc/config.gz
> # zcat /proc/config.gz | grep NETWORK_FILE
> # CONFIG_NETWORK_FILESYSTEMS is not set
>
> (4) to proof this kernel version has indeed network filesystem:
> # lsmod| grep nfs
> nfs 86896 1
> lockd 38280 2 nfs
> nfs_acl 1792 1 nfs
> sunrpc 101884 10 nfs,lockd,nfs_acl
>
>
> to me, this looks like "CONFIG_NETWORK_FILESYSTEMS" is "forgotten" in
> config.gz, but what do I know ...
>
> please fix if possible,

Hi,

I can't reproduce it on 2.6.25.9 or 2.6.26-rc9.

If there is any more info that you could provide, please do so.
(not that I know what it would be)

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