confused about NFS-server in kernel versus nfsd package
I would like to take advantage of the apparent better performance of
NFS-server capability of the new kernel. I have built my kernel
2.2.12 with nfs-server capability. I cannot find any documentation on
this capability (howto, etc.) The help message from the kernel
configuration is attached below. The referenced NFS-HOWTO is dated
11-3-97 and was apparently written before this feature was added to
the kernel? How do I do this?
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CONFIG_NFSD:
If you want your Linux box to act as a NFS *server*, so that other
computers on your local network which support NFS can access certain
directories on your box transparently, you have two options: you can
use the self-contained user space program nfsd, in which case you
should say N here, or you can say Y and use this new experimental
kernel based NFS server. The advantage of the kernel based solution is
that it is faster; it might not be completely stable yet, though.
In either case, you will need support software; the respective
locations are given in the file Documentation/Changes in the NFS
section.
Please read the NFS-HOWTO, available via FTP (user: anonymous) from
ftp://metalab.unc.edu/pub/Linux/docs/HOWTO.
The NFS server is also available as a module ( = code which can be
inserted in and removed from the running kernel whenever you want).
The module is called nfsd.o. If you want to compile it as a module,
say M here and read Documentation/modules.txt. If unsure, say N.
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