From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Steve Dickson Subject: Re: [PATCH] SGI 904217 (2/2): allow enabling TCP without recompile Date: Mon, 15 Dec 2003 21:00:40 -0500 Sender: nfs-admin@lists.sourceforge.net Message-ID: <3FDE6748.7090404@RedHat.com> References: <3FDD6D78.A8FE3262@melbourne.sgi.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Cc: Neil Brown , Linux NFS Mailing List Return-path: Received: from sc8-sf-mx2-b.sourceforge.net ([10.3.1.12] helo=sc8-sf-mx2.sourceforge.net) by sc8-sf-list2.sourceforge.net with esmtp (Exim 4.24) id 1AW4Wn-0005Vh-Jw for nfs@lists.sourceforge.net; Mon, 15 Dec 2003 18:01:37 -0800 Received: from host-64-179-20-100.man.choiceone.net ([64.179.20.100] helo=Odyssey.Home.4Dicksons.Org) by sc8-sf-mx2.sourceforge.net with esmtp (TLSv1:DES-CBC3-SHA:168) (Exim 4.24) id 1AW4Wn-0005PZ-4A for nfs@lists.sourceforge.net; Mon, 15 Dec 2003 18:01:37 -0800 To: Greg Banks In-Reply-To: <3FDD6D78.A8FE3262@melbourne.sgi.com> Errors-To: nfs-admin@lists.sourceforge.net List-Unsubscribe: , List-Id: Discussion of NFS under Linux development, interoperability, and testing. List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: Greg Banks wrote: >These two patches Linux systems to be shipped with CONFIG_NFSD_TCP=y >but TCP support disabled at runtime until the sysadmin edits the >/etc/sysconfig/nfs file and restarts NFS. The idea is that TCP >support is still disabled by default, but can be enabled with less >pain than currently is the case (we have customers who want to try >it). > > Why disable it? Since UPD is still mountd's default transport.. >The second patch is for nfs-utils and adds a -t option to nfsd which >uses the new nfsctl (added in the first patch) to enable specific >transports, and the infrastructure to allow the sysadmin to specify >it easily. Default is to enable UDP only for compatibility. > > This seems a bit messy.... Why not just turn on TCP and have nfsd listen on both types of transports? SteveD. ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: SF.net Giveback Program. Does SourceForge.net help you be more productive? Does it help you create better code? SHARE THE LOVE, and help us help YOU! Click Here: http://sourceforge.net/donate/ _______________________________________________ NFS maillist - NFS@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/nfs