Date: Thu, 20 Dec 2001 13:33:07 -0800 From: Doug Barton <DougB@yahoo-inc.com> To: John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> Cc: Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@starjuice.net>, freebsd-arch@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Why special handling of nfsclient kernel support in etc/rc? Message-ID: <3C225913.ADAE34EF@yahoo-inc.com> References: <XFMail.011220121609.jhb@FreeBSD.org>
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John Baldwin wrote:
>
> 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.
Yeah, the hack I put into rc was always meant to be temporary until the
issue was addressed more progammatically. I just did what I could to
make it work. :)
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