> -----Original Message----- > From: Jim Rees [mailto:rees@xxxxxxxxx] > Sent: Friday, November 04, 2011 10:46 AM > To: Chuck Lever > Cc: Lukas Razik; Myklebust, Trond; Linux NFS Mailing List > Subject: Re: [BUG?] Maybe NFS bug since 2.6.37 on SPARC64 > > Chuck Lever wrote: > > On Nov 4, 2011, at 9:20 AM, Jim Rees wrote: > > As we move toward nfs4 someone will have to give some thought to > nfsroot. > > It's hard to imagine we could put enough nfs4 cruft into the kernel (gssd, > > idmapd) to make it work. > > A kernel-level basic id mapper is being considered. That would allow > NFSv4 with AUTH_SYS, if we can get the NIC problems squared away. > > Actually I wonder if you could get by with auth_sys, no gss, and no id > mapping until you get to the point where the root is remounted by user land. Please read RFC3530-bis. This is a solved problem. -- 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
