On Thu, 3 May 2001, Tom Duffy wrote:
> > Are you referring to the second last Q on
> > http://nfs.sourceforge.net ?
>
> yes, you are right. this is the bug I was thinking of...
>
> > This is the other way around; having problems with a Linux NFS
> > server and an IRIX NFS client, this is not what Trond's patch
> > is referring to.
> >
> > Anyway, if the problem is solved both in the Linux kernel,
> > glibc, and in IRIX then everybody would be happy.
>
> oh, ok, did not know there was another bug...what is the correct fix in
> IRIX cause I will post a bug and push it back to the folks here who can
> deal with it...
>
> -tduffy
>
In my understanding of the bug, the irix client does not read non-32 bit
headers correctly in nfsv3. On the linux nfs mailing list, this has been
discussed in depth and the bug has been reported and accepted by SGI.
--David Dougall
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