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authorjbranso@dismail.de <jbranso@dismail.de>2024-09-20 21:02:15 -0400
committerSamuel Thibault <samuel.thibault@ens-lyon.org>2024-09-22 22:14:03 +0200
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on the nfs project page, I added a link to libnfs.
* community/gsoc/project_ideas/nfs.mdwn: add a link to libnfs, which one could use for a client NFS. Also mention that Sergey has a somewhat working 9P port for the Hurd. Message-ID: <20240921010651.5189-2-jbranso@dismail.de>
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@@ -16,15 +16,15 @@ very well: File locking doesn't work properly (at least in conjunction 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
-conjunction 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.
Both client and server parts need work, though the client is probably much more
-important for now, and shall be the major focus of this project.
+important for now, and shall be the major focus of this project. One
+could probably use [[open_issues/libnfs]] for the client portion. You
+should probably talk to Sergey, who has an in-development
+9P port to the Hurd.
Some [discussion of NFS
improvements](http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-hurd/2008-04/msg00035.html)