ipv6 status

ipv6 status

[Brian J. Murrell]

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Hi All,

So what exactly is the status of NFS and IPv6 in the most recent (say,
2.6.24-28) kernels?  Is it present and if so, working?  Feel free to
simply point me to a roadmap that shows where we are if you like.

Cheers and thanx,
b.


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Re: ipv6 status

[Chuck Lever]

On Nov 30, 2008, at Nov 30, 2008, 7:40 PM, Brian J. Murrell wrote:
> So what exactly is the status of NFS and IPv6 in the most recent (say,
> 2.6.24-28) kernels?  Is it present and if so, working?  Feel free to
> simply point me to a roadmap that shows where we are if you like.

There isn't a published roadmap.  Linux developers tend to eschew  
deadlines.

The NFS client in 2.6.28 (and maybe 2.6.27) should support NFSv4 over  
IPv6.  Use the latest nfs-utils.

I'm hoping 2.6.29 will see all the kernel pieces we need for NFSv2/v3  
client and server, and NFSv4 server support for IPv6.

Support for NFSv2/v3 over IPv6, and server-side support for NFSv4 over  
IPv6, requires user space changes.  We are pushing those into nfs- 
utils over time, but I don't expect that work to be complete until  
sometime in 1H2009.

-- 
Chuck Lever
chuck[dot]lever[at]oracle[dot]com

Re: ipv6 status

[Brian J. Murrell]

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On Mon, 2008-12-01 at 13:33 -0500, Chuck Lever wrote:
> 
> There isn't a published roadmap.  Linux developers tend to eschew  
> deadlines.

Indeed.  :-)

Thanx for the update.  Looking forward to it finally finishing.

b.


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