On 08/18/2009 05:44 AM, maximilian attems wrote: > On Tue, Aug 18, 2009 at 08:45:49AM -0400, Chuck Lever wrote: >> However, the kernel has its own NFS mount client (the piece that >> handles rpcbind query and obtaining the root file handle), and you can >> pass a C string of mount options to the kernel with mount(2). Perhaps >> in the long term, you might consider replacing the specialized code in >> klibc with simply passing the server, export path, and mount options >> right to the kernel and let it do the work. This should work with any >> kernel later than 2.6.23. >> >> I'm happy to help with any questions. > > sounds good indeed. > a quick one: can it do nfs v4 mounts? > I believe that was the reason for the change in the first place, and yes, klibc should *absolutely* use it. -hpa (who once again apologizes for lack of time...) -- H. Peter Anvin, Intel Open Source Technology Center I work for Intel. I don't speak on their behalf. -- 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
