On Thu, Nov 15, 2007 at 12:15:39PM -0800, Kaz Kylheku wrote:
> Ralf Baechle wrote:
> > On Thu, Nov 15, 2007 at 11:26:06AM -0800, Kaz Kylheku wrote:
> >
> >> After backing out the nfsutils patch, the diskless node does boot.
> >>
> >> However, the original "exportfs -a" problem comes back!
> >>
> >> So this problem is not resolved simply by using the correct compat
> >> routine; it's deeper.
> >>
> >> Sigh.
> >
> > Thanks for testing anyway!
>
> I'm continuing to dig into the problem.
>
> The export logic doesn't even go through nfsctl() anyway, which is why I
> originally hadn't even suspected that syscall.
>
> The nfsexport() function in nfsutils first tries opening
> "/proc/net/rpc/nfsd.fh./channel". If that works, it uses that, via a
> text-based protocol. Only if that interface doesn't exist does it fall
> back on the nfsctl(NFSCTL_EXPORT, ...) interface.
After checking that latest glibc still isn't trying to compensate for the
N32 nfsservctl issue in userland I've applied the patch I sent you earlier.
Ralf
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