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Date: Sat, 30 Dec 2000 01:07:38 +0000 (GMT)
From: Dave Gilbert <gilbertd@treblig.org>
To: Neil Brown <neilb@cse.unsw.edu.au>
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Subject: Re: NFS oddity (2.4.0test13pre4ac2 server, 2.0.36/2.2.14 clients)
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On Sat, 30 Dec 2000, Neil Brown wrote:

> On Friday December 29, gilbertd@treblig.org wrote:
> > On Sat, 30 Dec 2000, Neil Brown wrote:
> > 
> > > > So where did the gilbertd directory go ?
> 
> It suffered the curse of the 8-character file name....

Ah well spotted! It also happens to 12 byte names.

> Could you
>   gdb vmlinux
>   disassemble xdr_decode_string
>   disassemble memmove

A job for tomorrow.

> and see if the code looks right?
> 
> You might like to try:
> 
>  1/ move gilbertd to gilbertdd and see if you can then access it over
>     nfs.

Yep - it starts working.

>  2/ create a file called "ertdertd" and see if you get that when you
>     try to access gilbertd

Hehe yes; accessing gilbertd gives you the contents or ertdertd.


The server architecture is Alpha. (Client Sparc and x86).

Dave

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