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Subject: Re: Using AMD with NFS Mounts
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On 08/30/12 20:12, Tim Gustafson wrote:
>> Both the Linux and Solaris Autofs implementations are kernel based, probably
>> to save context switches. The same is true for the FreeBSD GSoC 2006
>> "proof-of-concept" Autofs.
>
> Hrmm...does that necessarily exclude it from being a port?  Can't it
> be a loadable kernel module?
>

There are more kernel modules in ports, e.g. sysutils/fusefs-kmod, so an 
autofs kernel module in ports should not be a problem.

Kind regards,

Hans