Revision as of 09:33, 24 May 2005

NFSv4

NFSv4 is a new generation of network filesystems. It is designed to be run over internet, and so, it get this capabilities :

Here is a short description to explain how to have an IPv6 ready client for NFSv2,v3 and v4

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 ==IPv6 support for the client==
 Here is a short description to explain how to have an IPv6 ready client for NFSv2,v3 and v4
-If you want further information about the IPv6 support design, please feel free to have a look <a href="http://nfsv4.bullopensource.org/doc/nfs_ipv6.php"> here</a>
-<h4>TI-RPC library</h4><br>
-The ti-rpc library is designed to replace sunrpc library. It is necessary to do Remote Procedures Calls regardless the transport used.
-Download the tirpc tarball: libtirpc-0.1.7.tar.gz
-Build and install:
-<pre>
-> ./configure <br>
-> make <br>
-> make install <br>
-</pre>
-<h4>Kernel patches</h4>
-Dowload the cumulative patch: linux-2.6.11-IPv6-CLIENT-ALL.patch
-In the kernel source directory:
-<pre>
-> patch -p1 < linux-2.6.11-NFS-IPv6-client.patch
-</pre>
-<h4>User part patches</h4>
-- Download nfs-utils tarball with IPv6 support included: here
-or
-Download cumulative patch for nfs-utils-1.0.7: nfs-utils-1.0.7-IPv6.patch
-Download  nfs-utils-1.0.7 tarball:  nfs-utils-1.0.7.tar.gz
-Apply patch in  nfs-utils-1.0.7 directory:
-<pre>
-> patch -p1 < nfs-utils-NFS-IPv6-client.patch
-</pre>
-<h4>Build nfs client commands</h4>:
-<pre>
-> make<br>
-> make install<br>
-</pre>
 = Linux configuration =