Ok, I did some looking at this last night. It appears that the problem comes in
trying to make the NFS support as a module. The kernel that I have that is
failing the export, this is the case (NFS Server is a module). I built a "quick
& dirty" version with the NFS server compiled in, and the export worked fine.
Now I need to run the same test on my "good" kernel tonight.
I'll test this more tonight when I get home. But if any of the other folks out
there that are experienceing this want to build a kernel today, check this area
out. I'd be interested in seeing the results.
Ric
Russell Cattelan wrote:
>
> Ric Tibbetts wrote:
>
> Yes I would guess this is same problem other people are experiencing.
> I have quite few nfs exported file systems and haven't run across this
> problem,
> so guess we need to dig into your setup a bit more.
>
> what options are you specifying in /etc/exportfs?
> how many network interfaces do you have?
>
> Anything else that might be relevant.
>
> > Ok, here's the problem I was trying to solve by using the latest CVS
> > tree.
> > When I try to NFS export an XFS filesystem, I get the following error:
> >
> > the_otherbox.com:/nfs: Invalid argument
> >
> > Note: This is ONLY with XFS filesystems. ext2 filesystems export fine.
> >
> > the setup:
> >
> > Mandrake 8.0 (still stock, except for the kernel munging, and the XFS
> > filesystems
> >
> > Mandrake 2.4.3 kernel source + a patch made for that kernel.
> >
> > I've seen another individual here with the same problem, different
> > distribution.
> > Is anyone else running a 2.4.3 kernel with NFS exports working? Or have
> > an idea of what's wrong?
> >
> > Thanks in advance
> >
> > Ric
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Ric Tibbetts
Boeing Shared Services Group
UNIX System Administration
Seattle Server Operations
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