Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 3 Jan 1998 21:21:23 -0500 (EST) | From | "Steven N. Hirsch" <> | Subject | Re: linux-nfs-0.4.21 for Alpha glibc |
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On Fri, 2 Jan 1998, Olaf Kirch wrote:
> Hi Bill, > > On Wed, Dec 31, 1997 at 10:08:46AM -0500, Bill Hawes wrote: > > Unless someone else is contemplating changes, I think it's safe to > > declare the kernel API for knfsd is stable. There undoubtedly are bugs > > remaining to be fixed, but this shouldn't require any changes to the > > API, and cleaning up the include files and linux-nfs package will > > encourage more people to test knfsd. > > You're right. What's more, if there are changes to the API I included > an API version number in all argument structs which we can use if it > changes. I'll try to build a new version RSN. > > The only thing that's worrying me are possible discrepancies between kernel > and user land types such as uid_t and dev_t. If they don't match, we'll > have a serious problem. Maybe we need to use generic types in the argument > structs (e.g. unsigned int instead of uid_t). Any comments on this?
That's my vote. If you look at the patches I sent you for the Alpha (crude though they may be), this is the effect of what I did on the user side.
Steve
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