Question on 5.5-RELEASE "Open Issues"

[Scott Tuc Ellentuch at T-B-O-H]

> Scott Tuc Ellentuch at T-B-O-H wrote:
> 
> > 	I'm being forced to upgrade from 5.3 to 5.4+ on a server.
> > Unfortunately, its an incredibly important server so I can't muck
> > around with it much. I'm looking to go to 5.5 to get a jump, but I
> > see in http://www.freebsd.org/releases/5.5R/errata.html there is
> > an issue talking about NFSv4 client. This server is a critical
> > NFS server to other 5.3 and 5.4 servers. I was wondering if it was
> > truely limited to 5.5 as a client.
> > 
> > 	Is anyone running NFS server on 5.5-RELEASE? Is this 
> > something I'll have to worry about turning around and biting
> > me?
> 
> There is no problem. The v4 refers to the version of the protocol not
> the version of the client or server.
>
	<SMACKS HEAD>Doh!</SMACKS HEAD>

	I totally zoned out about the version. I was off in network
land thinking IPv4 and IPv6. 
>
> AFAIK there is both nfs v3 and v4 client, but no nfs v4 server in the
> base system. The nfs v4 server is in development and I think code can be
> downloaded if you want to experiment.
> 
> But what you have been using so far is most likely v3 for both server
> and client.
> 
	No, your totally right. I'll go back to lurking in the corner.

		Thanks, Tuc