Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932491AbWIDIJ1 (ORCPT ); Mon, 4 Sep 2006 04:09:27 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S932492AbWIDIJ1 (ORCPT ); Mon, 4 Sep 2006 04:09:27 -0400 Received: from rrzmta2.rz.uni-regensburg.de ([132.199.1.17]:63901 "EHLO rrzmta2.rz.uni-regensburg.de") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932491AbWIDIJ0 (ORCPT ); Mon, 4 Sep 2006 04:09:26 -0400 Date: Mon, 4 Sep 2006 10:09:24 +0200 From: Christian Guggenberger To: Trond Myklebust Cc: Jan Engelhardt , Christian Guggenberger , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: in-kernel rpc.statd Message-ID: <20060904080924.GA23460@pc51072.physik.uni-regensburg.de> Reply-To: christian.guggenberger@physik.uni-regensburg.de References: <20060903180052.GA3743@pc51072.physik.uni-regensburg.de> <1157317915.5587.10.camel@localhost> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1157317915.5587.10.camel@localhost> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.9i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 815 Lines: 25 > > > > Hm. I do not have a rpc.statd userspace program nor kernel daemon (running > > on 2.6.17-vanilla). Yet everything is working. Is there a specific need for > > statd? > > Yes. Locking over NFSv2/v3 won't work without it. > > That said, there is no reason why we need an rpc.statd in the kernel > when the nfs-utils package already provides one that works fine in > userland. > I know. The reason behind my query was just that Suse distros - SLES9 at least - do not provide userland rpc.statd anymore. cheers. - Christian -- VGER BF report: H 3.23172e-09 - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/