Date: Fri, 3 Jan 2014 13:05:51 -0500
To: lux-integ <lux-integ@btconnect.com>
Cc: linux-nfs@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: spkm3, pku2u    question
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From: "J. Bruce Fields" <bfields@fieldses.org>
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On Fri, Jan 03, 2014 at 03:43:15PM +0000, lux-integ wrote:
> I have been scanning the Internet to find out if spkm3 has been removed from  
> nfs4 and whether its proported replacement pku2u is available. I get 
> conflicting reports as te the  demise of spkm3 and  most of my endeavours for 
> pku2u seem to suggest it is available now only  as a binary release for  
> microsoft windows.
> 
> 
> I would be grateful for some advice regarding 
> 
> --a) spkm3 status in current releases  of linux kernel and nfs-utils etc.  ( 
> i.e. is it or is it not there and working?)

As far as I know it's all been taken out.  (I know it's out of the
kernel, I don't remember what the status of userland support is--I think
it may never have been merged in the first place.)

> --b) wheher an 'open-source' pku2u for linux is availablea  as replacement for 
> spkm3   and if  so   where to find it.

I don't know of any, or of anyone working on that.

--b.