Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 3 Jul 1999 20:00:44 +0200 | From | Thierry Danis <> | Subject | Re: nfs compatibility bug between linux and other os'es |
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On Sat, Jul 03, 1999 at 05:07:16AM +0200, Andreas Brodmann wrote: > We encountered the following bug when nfs mounting directories > from Solaris Servers, AIX Servers and Network Appliance Filers: > > the mkfifo command (and the C statement itself as well) fail to > create real fifos. Instead they create "normal" files. If we create > a fifo on a NetApp Filer coming from a Solaris machine the linux > box will show it as a character device mith major/minor 255/255. > > We've tested it thorough all kernels from 2.0.18 to 2.2.10. We're > using i386 architecture for our linux servers. Can anyone help us > here (bugfixes?). > > Our goal is to create Linux servers rootmounted on the > NetApp filer. > > P.S.: Using a linux box instead of a NetApp filer as nfs server > is no solution for us. > > Thanks for your help in advance and please excuse me if i'm > off topic here. I just didn't know where else to place this > report. > > Andreas > > > > ---- > > Andreas Brodmann <andreas.brodmann@gmaare.migros.ch> >
I do not seem to have the same behaviour if _directly_ creating a fifo on a NFS Solaris server :
$ mkfifo p toto $ ls -l toto prw-rw-r-- 1 danis sig 0 Jul 3 19:57 toto
Kernel is 2.2.10-ac4. Using 2.0.18 :
$ mkfifo p toto $ ls -l toto -rw-rw-r-- 1 danis sig 0 Jul 3 19:59 toto
So it seems to be a problem at least with 2.0.18.
A+, -- Thierry Danis Poste : 53 53 danis@spmo.sagem.fr
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