IPv6 support for NFSv4 only

[Chuck Lever]

On Mar 24, 2008, at 12:22 PM, Lukas Hejtmanek wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 21, 2008 at 03:45:38PM -0400, Chuck Lever wrote:
>> Eventually.  There should be enough in 2.6.25 for the Linux NFSv4 in-
>> kernel client to contact NFSv4 servers via IPv6.  What is missing  
>> there
>> is user-space support for it (mount command, etc).
>
> Thanks a lot for info. Is someone working on the user-space support  
> to support
> IPv6? There is a chance that I could do it if nobody works on it or  
> I would
> like to cooperate in the other case.

I'm working on mount.nfs now.  Steve Dickson maintains libtirpc.  I  
will need to look at rpc.statd once I have completed IPv6 support in  
the kernel's NLM.

The server-side user space components (rpc.mountd and the exportfs  
command) would be an easy chunk to break off.  You might start by  
asking the Group Bull team what parts of this are already prototyped.

--
Chuck Lever
chuck[dot]lever[at]oracle[dot]com