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Re: NFS in 2.6.32



On 2009-12-09 14:59 +0100, David Baron wrote:

> Get warning not supported in current kernel.
> I did nothing in making 2.6.32 to disable (or enable) this.
>
> Deprecated?
> Needed?
> Bug?

Bug¹ in nfs-kernel-server, the kernel itself is almost certainly fine.
The solution is to remove the bogus check from the init script:

--8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
--- nfs-kernel-server~	2008-11-07 14:31:18.000000000 +0100
+++ nfs-kernel-server	2009-12-03 17:32:07.000000000 +0100
@@ -63,12 +63,6 @@
 	then
 		do_modprobe nfsd
 
-		# See if our running kernel supports the NFS kernel server
-		if [ -f /proc/kallsyms ] && ! grep -qE 'init_nf(sd|	)' /proc/kallsyms; then
-			log_warning_msg "Not starting $DESC: no support in current kernel."
-			exit 0
-		fi
-		
 		do_mount nfsd $PROCNFSD_MOUNTPOINT || NEED_SVCGSSD=no
 		log_begin_msg "Exporting directories for $DESC..."
 		$PREFIX/sbin/exportfs -r
--8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---

Sven


¹ http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=550153


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