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authorantrik <antrik@users.sf.net>2009-03-11 00:45:26 +0100
committerantrik <antrik@users.sf.net>2009-03-12 09:16:43 +0100
commitf0f5f5bed2f18e2a5a5c913fd0ea065d3f96ee1a (patch)
tree3adadafb042ab97d7b224372f79cd1eaae9609fa /community
parentb75a1c19d6ab0870a0393a3b2608f4fc405d3d20 (diff)
NFS GSoC task: Mention that locking is problematic in general
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@@ -15,6 +15,9 @@ very well: File locking doesn't work properly (at least in conjuction with a
GNU/Linux server), and performance is extremely poor. Part of the problems
could be owed to the fact that only NFSv2 is supported so far.
+(Note though that locking on the Hurd is problematic in general, not only in
+conjuction with NFS -- see the [[file_locking]] task.)
+
This project encompasses implementing NFSv3 support, fixing bugs and
performance problems -- the goal is to have good NFS support. The work done in
a previous unfinished GSoC project can serve as a starting point.