From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Steve Dickson Subject: Re: [PATCH 00/14] Support for mounting NFSv4 servers over IPv6 Date: Tue, 15 Jul 2008 15:31:47 -0400 Message-ID: <487CFB23.30008@RedHat.com> References: <20080711203322.478.52095.stgit@tarkus.1015granger.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Cc: linux-nfs@vger.kernel.org To: Chuck Lever Return-path: Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([66.187.233.31]:60382 "EHLO mx1.redhat.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1755497AbYGOTcc (ORCPT ); Tue, 15 Jul 2008 15:32:32 -0400 In-Reply-To: <20080711203322.478.52095.stgit-lQeC5l55kZ7wdl/1UfZZQIVfYA8g3rJ/@public.gmane.org> Sender: linux-nfs-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Chuck Lever wrote: > Hi Steve- > > Here is the latest version of the patches that add support to the text- > based mount.nfs command for mounting NFSv4 servers over IPv6. This set > replaces the set I sent a couple of days ago. > > It was suggested that these be included in the next release of > nfs-utils, 1.1.3. Kernel support for these features (such as handling raw > IPv6 NFS server addresses properly when mounting) is planned for 2.6.27, so > inclusion of these patches would allow wider testing during .27's rc period. > > Mounting NFSv2/v3 servers over IPv6 is more complex. It requires support > for a scalable rpcbind/portmap client built into nfs-utils, thus it is not > included in the present patch series. Anyone interested in looking at my > current prototype for this can check out: > > http://git.linux-nfs.org/?p=cel/nfs-utils.git;a=summary > > It includes all the patches in this series and the patches I posted last > week for nfs-utils 1.1.3, client-side support for NFSv2/v3 mounting and > unmounting over IPv6, a prototype IPv6-enabled sm-notify command, and > updates to nfs(5) describing IPv6 support for the NFS client. > > For what it's worth, I'll be on holiday next week, but I can field any > questions or comments before this Saturday, or when I return. > > --- > > Chuck Lever (14): > mount command: Remove RPC headers from network.h > text-based mount command: remove unnecessary headers from stropts.c > text-based mount options: rename functions in stropts.c > text-based mount command: Remove unused IPv4-only functions > text-based mount command: Support raw IPv6 address hostnames > text-based mount command: Add IPv6 support to set_mandatory_options > text-based mount command: "mounthost=" option support for IPv6 addresses > text-based mount command: "clientaddr=" option support for IPv6 addresses > text-based mount command: "addr=" option support for IPv6 addresses > text-based mount command: Add helper to construct network addresses > text-based mount command: get_client_address support for IPv6 > mount command: Add functions to manage addresses in string form > text-based mount command: Add headers needed for IPv6 support > nfs-utils: Introduce new ./configure option: "--enable-ipv6" > All 14 patches have been committed... steved.