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List:       debian-devel
Subject:    Re: Window Maker/WPrefs and NFS on potato
From:       Herbert Xu <herbert () gondor ! apana ! org ! au>
Date:       1999-11-15 22:27:46
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On Mon, Nov 15, 1999 at 10:35:39AM -0500, Noah L. Meyerhans wrote:
>
> > I'm using the user space NFS server here with a 2.2.12 client that's not
> > mounting with nolock (if you use nolock, there would be no error at all).
> > The error I get is ENOLCK as you would expect.
> 
> I have started using nolock to avoid this problem.  It definitely does
> seem like a legitimate problem, I'm just not sure where.  Maybe I will try

nolock may or may not be the right solution.  Basically, it doesn't give the
caller any hint that there is really no lock :)

> > Are you running knfsd on the server, and if so, are you running rpc.statd on
> > the client?
> 
> No, I'm using the user space server.  What advantages does the kernel
> space server have?  Performance hasn't really been an issue because of the
> small number of clients.

It supports locking.
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