X-Git-Url: https://git.decadent.org.uk/gitweb/?p=nfs-utils.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=README;h=83f9b5d273e529fe8c0481179b1f2e6b30bea295;hp=3fb4bb06383de476f1b245da74b1a9709758ac21;hb=1bae64b1475e9c1458582f26aa0e837edc4c6aca;hpb=8b7ad01b14df1e7529b9ba8a1ea17df0d6004ef9 diff --git a/README b/README index 3fb4bb0..83f9b5d 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ -This is the Linux NFS utility package version 0.1. It is based on knfsd -1.4.7. +This is the Linux NFS utility package version 0.1.5. It is based on +knfsd 1.4.7. -WARNING: The NFS servers in Linux 2.2 to 2.2.12 are not compatible with +WARNING: The NFS servers in Linux 2.2 to 2.2.13 are not compatible with other NFS client implemenations. If you plan to use Linux 2.2.x as an NFS server for non-Linux NFS clients, you should get the Linux NFS kernel from the Linux NFS CVS server: @@ -9,13 +9,19 @@ kernel from the Linux NFS CVS server: 1. Set the environment variable, CVS_RSH, to ssh. 2. Login to the Linux NFS CVS server: -# cvs -z 9 -d:pserver:anonymous@cvs.linuxnfs.sourceforge.org:/cvsroot/nfs login +# cvs -z 3 -d:pserver:anonymous@cvs.linuxnfs.sourceforge.org:/cvsroot/nfs login without password if it is your first time. 3. Check out the current Linux 2.2 NFS kernel: -# cvs -z 9 -d:pserver:anonymous@cvs.linuxnfs.sourceforge.org:/cvsroot/nfs co -r linux-2-2-nfsv2 linux-2.2 +a. From the NFS V2 branch: + +# cvs -z 3 -d:pserver:anonymous@cvs.linuxnfs.sourceforge.org:/cvsroot/nfs co -r linux-2-2-nfsv2 linux-2.2 + +b. From the main trunk: + +# cvs -z 3 -d:pserver:anonymous@cvs.linuxnfs.sourceforge.org:/cvsroot/nfs co linux-2.2 4. If you don't want to use the current NFS kernel, you can find out for which kernels the NFS patch is available: @@ -25,20 +31,19 @@ for which kernels the NFS patch is available: Then generate the kernel patch: -# cvs -z 9 -d:pserver:anonymous@cvs.linuxnfs.sourceforge.org:/cvsroot/nfs rdiff -ko -u -r linux-2-2-xx -r linux-2-2-xx-nfsv2-xxxxx linux-2.2 +# cvs -z 3 -d:pserver:anonymous@cvs.linuxnfs.sourceforge.org:/cvsroot/nfs rdiff -ko -u -r linux-2-2-xx -r linux-2-2-xx-nfsv2-xxxxx linux-2.2 If there is no NFS patch for the kernel you are interested in, you have to make a patch closest to your kernel version and apply it by hand. There is a Linux NFS kernel source tree for Linux 2.3, linux-2.3, on -the Linux NFS CVS server. However, it is not maintained. We will need -all the help we can get. To contribute to the Linux NFS project, please -go to +the Linux NFS CVS server. We will need all the help we can get. To +contribute to the Linux NFS project, please go to http://www.linuxnfs.sourceforge.org -and login as "beta" with password "beta4u". You register yourself. -please send an email to nfs-admin@linuxnfs.sourceforge.org with +You register yourself. Please send an email to +nfs-admin@linuxnfs.sourceforge.org with 1. Your user id on www.linuxnfs.sourceforge.org. 2. The area in NFS you'd like to work on. @@ -47,20 +52,20 @@ You will be notified when it is done. There is a Linux NFS mailing list at -http://lists.varesearch.com/lists/listinfo/nfs/ - +http://lists.sourceforge.net/mailman/listinfo/nfs/ You can subscribe it and search the mailing list archive via a web browser. -The nfs-utils package is avaible from the CVS server: +The nfs-utils package is available from the CVS server: -# cvs -z 9 -d:pserver:anonymous@cvs.linuxnfs.sourceforge.org:/cvsroot/nfs co nfs-utils +# cvs -z 3 -d:pserver:anonymous@cvs.linuxnfs.sourceforge.org:/cvsroot/nfs co nfs-utils will get the latest version. -The tar file is at +The files are -ftp://ftp.valinux.com/pub/support/hjl/nfs/nfs-utils-0.1.tar.gz +ftp://ftp.linuxnfs.sourceforge.org/pub/nfs/nfs-utils-0.1.5.tar.gz +ftp://ftp.linuxnfs.sourceforge.org/pub/nfs/nfs-utils-0.1.4-0.1.5.diff.gz To compile, just do @@ -75,18 +80,18 @@ They are tested on RedHat 6.1. On RedHat 6.1, you can use -# rpm -ta nfs-utils-0.1.tar.gz +# rpm -ta nfs-utils-0.1.5.tar.gz to build the source and binary RPMs. If your mount from util-linux is too old, you will need 2 patches: -ftp://ftp.valinux.com/pub/support/hjl/nfs/util-linux-2.9o-mount-nfsv3.patch -ftp://ftp.valinux.com/pub/support/hjl/nfs/util-linux-2.9w-mount-nfsv3try.patch +ftp://ftp.linuxnfs.sourceforge.org/pub/nfs/util-linux-2.9o-mount-nfsv3.patch +ftp://ftp.linuxnfs.sourceforge.org/pub/nfs/util-linux-2.9w-mount-nfsv3try.patch Thanks. H.J. hjl@lucon.org -10/18/99 +12/19/99