On Mon, Jun 30, 2008 at 06:46:09PM -0400, Chuck Lever wrote: > Allow distributions to use the legacy behavior until they integrate an > appropriate user-space rpcbind daemon that can support IPv6 RPC services. > > I tried adding some logic to fall back if (un)registering with a v4 > protocol request failed, but there are too many corner cases. So I just > made it a compile-time switch that distributions can throw when they've > replaced portmapper with rpcbind. OK, I see you answered my last question.... Hm. What were the corner cases? --b. > > Signed-off-by: Chuck Lever <chuck.lever@xxxxxxxxxx> > --- > > fs/Kconfig | 22 ++++++++++++++++++++++ > 1 files changed, 22 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) > > > diff --git a/fs/Kconfig b/fs/Kconfig > index 8cf8ee2..6148f4c 100644 > --- a/fs/Kconfig > +++ b/fs/Kconfig > @@ -1799,6 +1799,28 @@ config SUNRPC_XPRT_RDMA > > If unsure, say N. > > +config SUNRPC_REGISTER_V4 > + bool "Register local RPC services via rpcbind v4 (EXPERIMENTAL)" > + depends on SUNRPC && EXPERIMENTAL > + default n > + help > + Sun added support for registering RPC services at an IPv6 > + address by creating two new versions of the rpcbind protocol > + (RFC 1833). > + > + This option enables support in the kernel RPC server for > + registering kernel RPC services via version 4 of the rpcbind > + protocol. If you enable this option, you must run a portmapper > + daemon that supports rpcbind protocol version 4. > + > + Serving NFS over IPv6 from knfsd (the kernel's NFS server) > + requires that you enable this option and use a portmapper that > + supports rpcbind version 4. > + > + If unsure, say N to get traditional behavior (register kernel > + RPC services using only rpcbind version 2). Distributions > + using the legacy Linux portmapper daemon must say N here. > + > config RPCSEC_GSS_KRB5 > tristate "Secure RPC: Kerberos V mechanism (EXPERIMENTAL)" > depends on SUNRPC && EXPERIMENTAL > > -- > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-nfs" in > the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-nfs" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
