From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Hans Reiser Subject: Re: nfs Date: Sun, 16 Nov 2003 20:08:21 -0800 Message-ID: <3FB849B5.1020404@namesys.com> References: <1068931388.2186.6.camel@redeeman.linux.dk> <20031115214812.GD25876@hvs.envisage.co.za> <3FB8DD83.4030105@insightbb.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: list-help: list-unsubscribe: list-post: Errors-To: flx@namesys.com In-Reply-To: <3FB8DD83.4030105@insightbb.com> List-Id: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format="flowed" To: Dan Oglesby Cc: Reiserfs Mailinglist Dan Oglesby wrote: > Hendrik Visage wrote: > >> On Sat, Nov 15, 2003 at 10:23:08PM +0100, Redeeman wrote: >> >>> i have read that nfs dont work with reiserfs, but even though that, i >>> made an export, and it works just perfect, is it dangoures somehow? >> >> >> >> Several moons ago, there were problems with reiserfs and NFS, as >> reiserfs didn't (still don't?) have the notion of inodes, which is >> used in NFS for filehandle information. there were a quick work around >> which didn't work that well, but the current 2.4.x kernels and >> Reiserfs 3.6 >> works sofar without troubles. >> >> >> Hendrik >> > > I export several ReiserFS filesystems via NFS, and have had no issues > accessing or manipulating data via NFS. This is with kernel 2.4.21 > and ReiserFS 3.6. > > --Dan > > > The described problems were more like years ago than moons ago, however, there were some kernels a few moons ago that had NFS problems not due to reiserfs code just to keep things in a nice state of chaos for the users..... -- Hans