Date: Sat, 2 Sep 2000 17:21:59 +0100 From: Ben Smithurst <ben@FreeBSD.org> To: Fred Gilham <gilham@snapdragon.csl.sri.com> Cc: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: tail -f over NFS in -stable Message-ID: <20000902172159.B43451@magnesium.scientia.demon.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <20000902171753.A43451@magnesium.scientia.demon.co.uk> References: <200009011622.JAA29262@csla.csl.sri.com> <20000902171753.A43451@magnesium.scientia.demon.co.uk>
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Ben Smithurst wrote: > Fred Gilham wrote: > >> In 4.1-stable tail -f over NFS polls rather than blocking. > > Yes, this is acknowledged in the kqueue() manual page. Try this patch, > it seems to work for me so I might commit it if no-one objects. Scratch that, the problem is fixed in -current (kevent returns 'Operation not supported' for an NFS), so you'll just have to wait until that bit of code is MFC'd. The patch will work as a temporary fix for you though. -- Ben Smithurst / ben@FreeBSD.org / PGP: 0x99392F7D To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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