[PATCH] NFS V4 - Dynamic Pseudo Root

[Steve Dickson]

On 07/07/2009 02:27 PM, Kyle McMartin wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 07, 2009 at 01:41:11PM -0400, Steve Dickson wrote:
>> I would like to apply the following patch to the rawhide
>> kernel that will make exports for NFS v4 mount work just
>> list exports for v3 and v2 mounts.
>>
>> In a nutshell, for NFS v4 mounts to work like v3/2 mounts
>> the '/ *(ro,fsid=0)' entry has to be added to the /etc/exports 
>> file. This patch eliminates the need for that entry.
>>
>> The history, reasoning and evolution of this patch can
>> be found at:
>>    http://linux-nfs.org/pipermail/nfsv4/2009-June/010724.html
>>
> 
> This seems fairly sensible to me. Feel free to apply it where
> appropriate.
cool... will do...

The patch by itself does not change any functionality until
the updated user level bits (i.e. rpc.mountd) are committed,
which will be in a couple of days...

steved.