[PATCH] Updated to F-12 NFSv4 server code...

2009-12-08 Thread Steve Dickson
experimenting with v4, which is a good thing and something I would like to promote by keeping the F-12 kernel up to date with the latest stable code. steved. Date: Mon Dec 7 17:23:48 2009 -0500 Author: J. Bruce Fields bfie...@citi.umich.edu Author: Steve Dickson ste...@redhat.com Update to latest

Kernel Option Classifications

2009-10-22 Thread Steve Dickson
Does anybody know if so wiki or guidelines out there that defines how kernel option should be classified? Meaning what does it really means to be 'EXPERIMENTAL' or 'DEVELOPER ONLY'. Are there any criteria that has to be met to change them or is simply up to the maintainer's discretion? tia,

Re: [pnfs] NFSv4.1 (DEVELOPER ONLY)

2009-08-17 Thread Steve Dickson
On 08/17/2009 12:37 PM, J. Bruce Fields wrote: On Mon, Aug 17, 2009 at 12:19:27PM -0400, William A. (Andy) Adamson wrote: I think NFSv4.0 should be moved from EXPERIMENTAL before NFSv4.1 gets moved from DEVELOPER - EXPERIMENTAL! What is left to do in NFSv4.0 to allow this to happen? Todo's

[PATCH] NFS V4 - Dynamic Pseudo Root

2009-07-07 Thread Steve Dickson
of the protocol including mounting... In the end, this is the first major step toward making NFS v4 the default protocol. steved. Date: Tue Jul 7, 2009 Author: Steve Dickson Kernel support needed to implement dynamic pseudo root support which will allow v3 and v2 exports accessible to NFS v4 clients

Re: turning on -fno-inline-functions-called-once

2008-10-07 Thread Steve Dickson
Kyle McMartin wrote: On Mon, Oct 06, 2008 at 02:56:04PM -0400, Steve Dickson wrote: A while back, I believe back during the last FUDCon in Raleigh I talked with kylem and davej about turning off the inline-functions-called-once which inlines functions that are only called once. Turning off

Re: [PATCH] nfs: BUG_ON in nfs_follow_mountpoint

2008-08-29 Thread Steve Dickson
Jarod Wilson wrote: On Wednesday 27 August 2008 12:48:41 Steve Dickson wrote: Here is a patch that was posted a while back on lkml that does indeed stop a OOPS I notice that is not in the latest rawhide kernel... We might want to think about taking this one early due to the obvious

[PATCH] nfs: BUG_ON in nfs_follow_mountpoint

2008-08-27 Thread Steve Dickson
Here is a patch that was posted a while back on lkml that does indeed stop a OOPS I notice that is not in the latest rawhide kernel... We might want to think about taking this one early due to the obvious... steved. From: Denis V. Lunev [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unfortunately,

Re: [PATCH] kernel.spec: adding --with firmware --without vdso_install build options

2008-08-05 Thread Steve Dickson
Chuck Ebbert wrote: Steve Dickson wrote: Now that devel kernels rpms require the kernel-firmware rpm, it makes sense to me that one should be able to build both of them at the same time. So this patch adds the --with firmware build option which will allow kernel-firmware rpms to built

[PATCH] kernel.spec: adding --with firmware --without vdso_install build options

2008-07-29 Thread Steve Dickson
the --without vdso_install build option which stop the VDSO binaries from being installed. This cuts down the overall build time especially when you build over NFS like I do.. Signed-Off-By: Steve Dickson [EMAIL PROTECTED] diff -up SPECS/kernel.spec.orig SPECS/kernel.spec --- SPECS/kernel.spec.orig 2008

[PATCH] NFS Client mounts hang when exported directory do not exist

2008-04-11 Thread Steve Dickson
even in the case when the exported directory does not exist. This patch maps the errors returned by the remote mountd into valid errno values, exactly how it was done pre-string based mounts. By returning the correct errno enables mount.nfs to do the right thing. Signed-off-by: Steve Dickson

[PATCH] NFS Client mounts hang when exported directory do not exist

2008-04-11 Thread Steve Dickson
even in the case when the exported directory does not exist. This patch maps the errors returned by the remote mountd into valid errno values, exactly how it was done pre-string based mounts. By returning the correct errno enables mount.nfs to do the right thing. Signed-off-by: Steve Dickson

[PATCH] NFS Client mounts hang when exported directory do not exist

2008-04-11 Thread Steve Dickson
even in the case when the exported directory does not exist. This patch maps the errors returned by the remote mountd into valid errno values, exactly how it was done pre-string based mounts. By returning the correct errno enables mount.nfs to do the right thing. Signed-off-by: Steve Dickson

Re: [PATCH] NFS Client mounts hang when exported directory do not exist

2008-04-11 Thread Steve Dickson
Eric Paris wrote: On Fri, 2008-04-11 at 12:10 -0400, Steve Dickson wrote: Does this mean the EACCES can/will again become fatal in mount.nfs like it used to be? EACCES is still a non-fatal error as it was... I guess I didn't look back far enough... non-fatal error as it was? Huh? Back

Rawhide kernel not building...

2008-02-20 Thread Steve Dickson
Any ideas? ERROR: LGUEST_PAGES_guest_gdt_desc [drivers/lguest/lg.ko] undefined! ERROR: LGUEST_PAGES_host_gdt_desc [drivers/lguest/lg.ko] undefined! ERROR: LGUEST_PAGES_host_cr3 [drivers/lguest/lg.ko] undefined! ERROR: LGUEST_PAGES_regs [drivers/lguest/lg.ko] undefined! ERROR:

Re: The NFS nosharecache patch in F7 is broken

2007-08-21 Thread Steve Dickson
Chuck Ebbert wrote: On 08/21/2007 12:14 PM, Steve Dickson wrote: Dave Jones wrote: On Tue, Aug 21, 2007 at 10:29:53AM -0400, Chuck Ebbert wrote: If people try mounting several exports from the same filesystem, it fails with confusing error messages if the mount options are different