From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "J. Bruce Fields" Subject: Re: [basic] nfsd failing to start Date: Mon, 12 Jan 2009 17:00:20 -0500 Message-ID: <20090112220020.GG1834@fieldses.org> References: <87zlhxy102.fsf@newsguy.com> <20090112172418.GC24322@fieldses.org> <87vdskxmdc.fsf@newsguy.com> <766DB6AD-DAD2-4C33-B11C-28A0D638A9D2@oracle.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: linux-nfs@vger.kernel.org To: Chuck Lever Return-path: Received: from mail.fieldses.org ([141.211.133.115]:38457 "EHLO fieldses.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752439AbZALWAW (ORCPT ); Mon, 12 Jan 2009 17:00:22 -0500 In-Reply-To: <766DB6AD-DAD2-4C33-B11C-28A0D638A9D2@oracle.com> Sender: linux-nfs-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Mon, Jan 12, 2009 at 04:29:48PM -0500, Chuck Lever wrote: > On Jan 12, 2009, at 4:09 PM, Harry P wrote: >> "J. Bruce Fields" >> writes: >> >>>> CONFIG_NFS_FS=m >>>> CONFIG_NFS_V3=y >>>> CONFIG_NFS_V3_ACL=y >>>> CONFIG_NFS_V4=y >>>> CONFIG_NFSD=m >>>> CONFIG_NFSD_V2_ACL=y >>>> CONFIG_NFSD_V3=y >>>> CONFIG_NFSD_V3_ACL=y >>>> CONFIG_NFSD_V4=y >>>> CONFIG_NFS_ACL_SUPPORT=m >>>> CONFIG_NFS_COMMON=y >>>> CONFIG_SUNRPC=m >>>> CONFIG_SUNRPC_GSS=m >>>> CONFIG_SUNRPC_REGISTER_V4=y >>> >>> From the config help test: "If you enable this option, you must run a >>> portmapper daemon that supports rpcbind protocol version 4." >> >> Thanks, with your clue I commented all nfs and SunRPC 4 related lines >> recompiled and rebooted... started up with no problems. > > Clearly, setting the Kconfig default to N is not enough to prevent this > problem. I don't understand why this option is getting enabled without > any other intervention on the part of kernel builders. Maybe we need to > update arch/defconfig? > > It's on my immediate to-do list to see if the compile-time and run-time > behavior in this area can be improved. I'd certainly be happiest if we could just fall back on the earlier rpcbind protocol version at runtime. --b.