From linux-nfs  Tue Aug 05 19:24:45 2008
From: Bernd Schubert <bernd-schubert () gmx ! de>
Date: Tue, 05 Aug 2008 19:24:45 +0000
To: linux-nfs
Subject: Re: nfs-utils and unfsd
Message-Id: <200808052124.45907.bernd-schubert () gmx ! de>
X-MARC-Message: https://marc.info/?l=linux-nfs&m=121796437416886

On Tuesday 05 August 2008, Chuck Lever wrote:
> On Aug 5, 2008, at 2:13 PM, Steve Dickson wrote:
> > Chuck Lever wrote:
> >> There is a generic RPC server helper in nfs-utils called rpc_init().
> >> This API will need to be modified to support IPv6 in statd and
> >> mountd,
> >> at least.
> >>
> >> However, there is a comment inside support/nfs/rpcmisc.c, where
> >> rpc_init() resides, that suggests that this interface is also used by
> >> unfsd.
> >>
> >> Is it OK for me to modify nfs-utils' copy of this function, or is
> >> there
> >> any kind of ABI restriction between unfsd and nfs-utils?
> >
> > I don't see any problem... Is there even a supported/maintained
> > version
> > of unfsd out there today? I did a quick google search and didn't find
> > anything but man pages...
>
> I found this ancient web page:
>
> http://rpm.pbone.net/index.php3/stat/4/idpl/6572509/com/unfs3-0.9.20-1.el3.
>pp.i386.rpm.html
>
> which suggests there is no binary dependency between unfsd and nfs-
> utils.

This is unfs3, which is a rewritten from scratch by Pascal Schmidt and so 
unrelated to unfsd.
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