Return-Path: Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([209.132.183.28]:18690 "EHLO mx1.redhat.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750836Ab0JBQt6 (ORCPT ); Sat, 2 Oct 2010 12:49:58 -0400 Message-ID: <4CA762AE.5000807@RedHat.com> Date: Sat, 02 Oct 2010 12:49:50 -0400 From: Steve Dickson To: Tigran Mkrtchyan CC: Linux NFS Mailing list Subject: Re: Updated pNFS Developmental kernel repository References: <4CA5C059.6000805@RedHat.com> <4CA5E744.9010006@desy.de> <4CA63D1A.5070108@RedHat.com> <4CA72977.10908@desy.de> In-Reply-To: <4CA72977.10908@desy.de> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Sender: linux-nfs-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 On 10/02/2010 08:45 AM, Tigran Mkrtchyan wrote: > On 10/01/2010 09:57 PM, Steve Dickson wrote: >> >> On 10/01/2010 09:51 AM, Tigran Mkrtchyan wrote: >> >>> Hi Steve, >>> >>> thanks for the builds. What I am missing is modprobe configuration file >>> which I have to add myself. >>> >> Unfortunately yes... I have not figured out a good way to have >> the mobprobe done on the client since, in general, init scripts >> don't run on the client (with the exception of rpc.statd and rpc.gssd). >> >> I guess I could come up with an pnfs init script..but that >> seems like a bit overkill just to do a modprobe... >> >> > I include /etc/modprobe.d/nfsv41 into rpms which I build for our > systems (RHEL5) with following content: > > alias nfs-layouttype4-1 nfs_layout_nfsv41_files > alias nfs-layouttype4-2 off > alias nfs-layouttype4-3 off > > > and following into the spec file: > > %config(noreplace) /etc/modprobe.d/nfsv41 > > I made it part of kernel rpm, but may be nfs-utils is more appropriate > place. Very cool... I try to incorporate this into the upcoming nfs-utils... Because at the end of day, the distro "powers to be" are really against more init scripts... more init script means a longer time to boot... and it seems fast reboots are the new in thing to have... (which is a good thing.. :-) ) steved.