> Hi all -
>
> Regarding the "invalid argument" problem on Mandrake and SuSE boxes, I
> think I've found the problem.
>
> Mandrake applies a patch from Neil Brown that adds an "nfsd_operations"
> interface between knfsd and each filesystem. I can't find a kernel
> source RPM for SuSE 7.1, but I assume that it's the same issue.
>
> If this interface doesn't exist for a filesystem (and at this point, it
> does not for XFS), this patched version of nfs deems the filesystem
> "invalid" and will not export it.
>
> I think it's pretty quick fix, I'll be looking into it today.
>
> -Eric
>
> --
> Eric Sandeen XFS for Linux http://oss.sgi.com/projects/xfs
> sandeen@xxxxxxx SGI, Inc.
I think someone posted a patch for XFS and this in the last week or so. The
Neil Brown patch was for reiserfs NFS support.
Steve
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