[PATCH] NFS V4 - Dynamic Pseudo Root

Kyle McMartin kyle at mcmartin.ca
Tue Jul 7 18:27:43 UTC 2009


On Tue, Jul 07, 2009 at 01:41:11PM -0400, Steve Dickson wrote:
> I would like to apply the following patch to the rawhide
> kernel that will make exports for NFS v4 mount work just
> list exports for v3 and v2 mounts.
> 
> In a nutshell, for NFS v4 mounts to work like v3/2 mounts
> the '/ *(ro,fsid=0)' entry has to be added to the /etc/exports 
> file. This patch eliminates the need for that entry.
> 
> The history, reasoning and evolution of this patch can
> be found at:
>    http://linux-nfs.org/pipermail/nfsv4/2009-June/010724.html
> 

This seems fairly sensible to me. Feel free to apply it where
appropriate.

regards, Kyle




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