From: Chuck Lever Subject: Re: nfs-utils and unfsd Date: Tue, 5 Aug 2008 14:30:22 -0400 Message-ID: References: <959E2970-49E6-425C-A10D-2D486913CD3F@oracle.com> <48989831.2030808@RedHat.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v928.1) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes Cc: Neil Brown , Linux NFS Mailing List To: Steve Dickson Return-path: Received: from agminet01.oracle.com ([141.146.126.228]:21031 "EHLO agminet01.oracle.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753345AbYHESbv (ORCPT ); Tue, 5 Aug 2008 14:31:51 -0400 In-Reply-To: <48989831.2030808-AfCzQyP5zfLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org> Sender: linux-nfs-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Aug 5, 2008, at 2:13 PM, Steve Dickson wrote: > Chuck Lever wrote: >> There is a generic RPC server helper in nfs-utils called rpc_init(). >> This API will need to be modified to support IPv6 in statd and >> mountd, >> at least. >> >> However, there is a comment inside support/nfs/rpcmisc.c, where >> rpc_init() resides, that suggests that this interface is also used by >> unfsd. >> >> Is it OK for me to modify nfs-utils' copy of this function, or is >> there >> any kind of ABI restriction between unfsd and nfs-utils? > I don't see any problem... Is there even a supported/maintained > version > of unfsd out there today? I did a quick google search and didn't find > anything but man pages... I found this ancient web page: http://rpm.pbone.net/index.php3/stat/4/idpl/6572509/com/unfs3-0.9.20-1.el3.pp.i386.rpm.html which suggests there is no binary dependency between unfsd and nfs- utils. I ask because we have had some unfsd questions on the list in the past year, so I assumed it was something that was still supported by some distributions. -- Chuck Lever chuck[dot]lever[at]oracle[dot]com