[klibc] nfs MNT include cleanup

maximilian attems max at stro.at
Tue Aug 18 05:44:07 PDT 2009


On Tue, Aug 18, 2009 at 08:45:49AM -0400, Chuck Lever wrote:
> 
> However, the kernel has its own NFS mount client (the piece that  
> handles rpcbind query and obtaining the root file handle), and you can  
> pass a C string of mount options to the kernel with mount(2).  Perhaps  
> in the long term, you might consider replacing the specialized code in  
> klibc with simply passing the server, export path, and mount options  
> right to the kernel and let it do the work.  This should work with any  
> kernel later than 2.6.23.
> 
> I'm happy to help with any questions.

sounds good indeed.
a quick one: can it do nfs v4 mounts?



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