[Buildroot] [PATCH v3 1/1] linux: add config options for nfs-utils

[Arnout Vandecappelle <arnout@mind.be>]

On 14-07-15 16:02, Ryan Barnett wrote:
> When nfs-utils packages is selected, automatically enable the kernel
> options for NFSD. This will allow for an NFS server to work by only
> adding /etc/exports to the filesystem.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Ryan Barnett <ryan.barnett@rockwellcollins.com>

 Hi Ryan,

 I've marked your patch as Rejected in patchwork. We don't want to add automatic
kernel config fiddling unless really needed for either building (e.g.
xtables-addons builds a kernel module that requires specific functions) or for
booting (e.g. systemd, ARM ABI).

 In addition, in this particular case, it's possible that someone enables
nfs-utils just to be able to run rpc.statd in a nfs client that requires locking.

 So instead, we think it's better to update the nfs-utils help test to mention
the Kconfig options that have to be enabled to have an NFS server.

 Sorry that it had to come to a v3 and several months later before coming to
such a conclusion.

 Regards,
 Arnout

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