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Date:      Thu, 21 Sep 2006 15:23:14 -0400
From:      Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>
To:        Michael Conlen <m@obmail.net>
Cc:        questions@freebsd.org, Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>
Subject:   Re: 6.1 and NFS
Message-ID:  <20060921192314.GA25561@xor.obsecurity.org>
In-Reply-To: <DAAC9DC3-D249-4F78-972C-AF7117D1CED2@obmail.net>
References:  <C87B42D9-AF83-4DFC-9E13-53FCD874A444@obmail.net> <20060921182252.GA24321@xor.obsecurity.org> <FC0253C7-B04C-4609-96D0-BD8AACAB5646@obmail.net> <20060921184546.GA24778@xor.obsecurity.org> <DAAC9DC3-D249-4F78-972C-AF7117D1CED2@obmail.net>

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On Thu, Sep 21, 2006 at 02:57:32PM -0400, Michael Conlen wrote:
> 
> On Sep 21, 2006, at 2:45 PM, Kris Kennaway wrote:
> 
> >On Thu, Sep 21, 2006 at 02:42:44PM -0400, Michael Conlen wrote:
> >>
> >>On Sep 21, 2006, at 2:22 PM, Kris Kennaway wrote:
> >>
> >>>On Thu, Sep 21, 2006 at 02:21:08PM -0400, Michael Conlen wrote:
> >>>>I recall that FreeBSD 6.1 had some NFS & lockd issues that were a
> >>>>show stopper at one time for me however I'm having trouble finding
> >>>>information on the current state of NFS. Anyone have a pointer to
> >>>>information?
> >>>
> >>>rpc.lockd remains unreliable; avoid using it if practical.
> >>
> >>This is becoming a show stopper for us moving forward with FreeBSD
> >>and may require us moving to a different OS (Linux or Solaris, each
> >>with significant downsides). Do you have a pointer on where I can
> >>track the issue so as to make a decision at some point in the future?
> >
> >There are a number of PRs I filed, but those aren't all of the
> >problems.  It will require fairly major work to fix - the best hope
> >would be if someone was funded to work on it.
> 
> Do you have an estimate of what kind of time is necessary to solve  
> the problem?

No idea, sorry.

Kris



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