From: Ingo Oeser <ioe-lkml@rameria.de>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [BUG] NFS no longer updates file modification times appropriately
Date: Fri, 4 Jun 2004 05:25:38 +0200
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Hi there,

On Thursday 03 June 2004 23:11, Trond Myklebust wrote:
> ...and no - we do not update timestamps on the client side when we cache
> the write, 'cos NFS does not provide any device for ensuring that clocks
> on client and server are synchronized.

Could you make this an option? The device ensuring this is the an admin
with a clue, who configures NTP or similiar in his network.

If unsure you could at least disable it by default.


Regards

Ingo Oeser

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