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Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2012 10:53:53 -0400 From: Josh Boyer <jwboyer@...hat.com> To: "Myklebust, Trond" <Trond.Myklebust@...app.com> Cc: Jim Rees <rees@...ch.edu>, "linux-nfs@...r.kernel.org" <linux-nfs@...r.kernel.org>, "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org> Subject: Re: [PATCH] NFSv4: Add modalias for "nfs4" On Fri, Apr 27, 2012 at 02:50:28PM +0000, Myklebust, Trond wrote: > On Fri, 2012-04-27 at 10:48 -0400, Josh Boyer wrote: > > On Fri, Apr 27, 2012 at 10:19:18AM -0400, Jim Rees wrote: > > > Josh Boyer wrote: > > > > > > When NFSv4 is configured, the support goes into the nfs.ko module. > > > However, nfs-utils seems to pass "nfs4" as the fileststem type for > > > NFSv4 mounts. > > > > > > Weren't we going to change that to nfs and use nfsvers to select nfs4? > > > > I have, approximately, no idea. At least the version of nfs-utils found > > in Fedora 17 and rawhide, it's still using "nfs4". I believe that is > > nfs-utils-1.2.6-rc6 based. > > nfs4 is still _supported_ in Fedora 17, rawhide and upstream as a legacy > feature, but the recommended practice should be to mount -t nfs -overs=4 > (or -overs=4.1). OK. So either this patch needs to go in, or something needs to add: alias nfs4 nfs to a conf file so modprobe picks it up. I figured the kernel could add the alias itself. Is there a reason not to? josh -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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