Date: Tue, 18 Jun 1996 17:56:30 +1000 (EST) From: Tony Jago <tony@fit.qut.edu.au> To: Joerg Wunsch <joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de> Cc: FreeBSD-current users <freebsd-current@FreeBSD.org>, Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au> Subject: Re: Bug in NFS Message-ID: <Pine.HPP.3.92.960618175110.29374I-100000@ice.fit.qut.edu.au> In-Reply-To: <199606180719.JAA08133@uriah.heep.sax.de>
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On Tue, 18 Jun 1996, J Wunsch wrote: > From: J Wunsch <j@uriah.heep.sax.de> > > As Tony Jago wrote: > > > Hi there, I think I have found a bug in the 2.2-current nfs code. I am > > exporting the /dev directory to a client but it seem that the minor > > number of the devices are changed across the nfs mount. > > > > On the server: > > brw-r----- 1 root operator 0, 0x00010002 Jun 19 00:32 /dev/wd0 > > > > On the client: > > brw-r----- 1 root operator 0, 2 Jun 19 00:32 /dev/wd0 > > That's probably for historical reasons (where major and minor numbers > were limited to 8 bits each). Does it also happen when you use NFSv3? > > (The NFS spec seems to use a 32-bit integer to pass the `rdev' field, > so it's IMHO not strictly necessary to limit the information.) > > -- > cheers, J"org > > joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de -- http://www.sax.de/~joerg/ -- NIC: JW11-RIPE > Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-) I am using NFSv3 in fact after a bit of testing that seems to be the problem!!! If I use NFSv2 then it works fine. I smell a bug.... --- Tony Jago, System Administrator, E-Mail: T.Jago@fit.qut.edu.au Faculty of Information Technology, Web: http://www.fit.qut.edu.au/staff/~tony Queensland University of Technology. Box 2434, Brisbane 4001, AUSTRALIA. "We need more horsepower!" Phone: +61 7 3864-2573 Fax: +61 7 3864-1959
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