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Date: Thu, 20 Dec 2001 13:33:07 -0800
From: Doug Barton <DougB@yahoo-inc.com>
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To: John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org>
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Subject: Re: Why special handling of nfsclient kernel support in etc/rc?
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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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