From: Bernd Schubert Subject: Re: nfs-utils and unfsd Date: Tue, 5 Aug 2008 21:24:45 +0200 Message-ID: <200808052124.45907.bernd-schubert@gmx.de> References: <959E2970-49E6-425C-A10D-2D486913CD3F@oracle.com> <48989831.2030808@RedHat.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Cc: Steve Dickson , Neil Brown , Linux NFS Mailing List To: Chuck Lever Return-path: Received: from mail.gmx.net ([213.165.64.20]:60099 "HELO mail.gmx.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S1761681AbYHETZB (ORCPT ); Tue, 5 Aug 2008 15:25:01 -0400 In-Reply-To: Sender: linux-nfs-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Tuesday 05 August 2008, Chuck Lever wrote: > 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. This is unfs3, which is a rewritten from scratch by Pascal Schmidt and so unrelated to unfsd.