6.1 and NFS

[Kris Kennaway]

On Thu, Sep 21, 2006 at 02:42:44PM -0400, Michael Conlen wrote:
> 
> On Sep 21, 2006, at 2:22 PM, Kris Kennaway wrote:
> 
> >On Thu, Sep 21, 2006 at 02:21:08PM -0400, Michael Conlen wrote:
> >>I recall that FreeBSD 6.1 had some NFS & lockd issues that were a
> >>show stopper at one time for me however I'm having trouble finding
> >>information on the current state of NFS. Anyone have a pointer to
> >>information?
> >
> >rpc.lockd remains unreliable; avoid using it if practical.
> 
> This is becoming a show stopper for us moving forward with FreeBSD  
> and may require us moving to a different OS (Linux or Solaris, each  
> with significant downsides). Do you have a pointer on where I can  
> track the issue so as to make a decision at some point in the future?

There are a number of PRs I filed, but those aren't all of the
problems.  It will require fairly major work to fix - the best hope
would be if someone was funded to work on it.

Kris