Grigory Kljuchnikov stated:
> Thank you, Erik!
>
> I find rpc.lockd and start it manually. My test with NFS locking works right.
> But it don't start on boot by default if I enable NFS server in
> /stand/sysinstall and there is the comment in /etc/default/rc.conf
> for rpc_lockd_enable:
>
> rpc_lockd_enable="NO" # Run NFS rpc.lockd (*broken!*) if nfs_server.
>
> Does the comment "(*broken!*)" mean that rpc.lockd doesn't work properly?
>
> Grigory.
>
> On Wed, 22 Mar 2000, Erik Trulsson wrote:
>
> > On Wed, Mar 22, 2000 at 12:04:55PM +0300, Grigory Kljuchnikov wrote:
> > > Thierry, thank you for the information,
> > > but it's very bad that there isn't NFS locking in FreeBSD.
> > > I'm afraid I need to move my FreeBSD NFS server to Solaris
> > > for x86.
> > >
> > > I don't understand why NFS locking isn't in FreeBSD.
> > > Is it difficult in the implementation or are there another
> > > global problems in the kernel (or in the native filesystem)?
> > >
> > > Who know when the NFS locking is planed to release in FreeBSD?
> >
> > Actually I think that server side locking *is* implemented but client side
> > locking isn't.
> > 'man 8 rpc.lockd' for more information.
> > (And 'man 5 rc.conf' for information on how to start it at bootup.
Grigory-
My understanding of the current implementation of rpc.lockd is
that it is a facade and simply tells the client requesting a
lock "sure kid, you have a lock" and then does nothing.
"David E. Cross" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> has been working to
implement a real server-side rpc.lockd. You may want to
contact him. The first go 'round failed the nfs connectathon
tests, but the second version purportedly addresses these
issues with all but SGI boxen. However, it was delayed
pending some system header changes...
<wild_speculation>
Since the merger with BSDi, FreeBSD hopefully will be getting
both client and server-side locking (of course, this will
appear first in 5.0-CURRENT at some point) along with some
nice SMP support (fingers firmly crossed).
</wild_speculation>
Hope this helps,
S
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