Date: Thu, 20 Dec 2001 12:16:09 -0800 (PST) From: John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> To: Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@starjuice.net> Cc: freebsd-arch@FreeBSD.org, dougb@FreeBSD.org Subject: RE: Why special handling of nfsclient kernel support in etc/rc? Message-ID: <XFMail.011220121609.jhb@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <616.1008860957@axl.seasidesoftware.co.za>
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On 20-Dec-01 Sheldon Hearn wrote:
>
> Hi Doug,
>
> I refer to the following change you made to src/etc/rc:
>
> revision 1.286
> date: 2001/10/19 06:50:52; author: dougb; state: Exp; lines: +19 -4
> Handle the lack of nfs server or client support in the kernel by
> kldload'ing the appropriate modules before enabling the service.
>
> Why is this needed? Shouldn't the vfsload() code in mount_nfs(1) handle
> this?
>
> error = getvfsbyname("nfs", &vfc);
> if (error && vfsisloadable("nfs")) {
> if(vfsload("nfs"))
> err(EX_OSERR, "vfsload(nfs)");
> endvfsent(); /* clear cache */
> error = getvfsbyname("nfs", &vfc);
> }
There's no nfs.ko. mount_nfs should be updated to load 'nfsclient' instead.
If this happens, then arguably, the nfs_client_enable variable in rc.conf
should just go away and not be used.
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