[ale] kernel/userspace debate

[Jeremy T. Bouse]

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On Sat, 11 Apr 1998 jason at alltel.net wrote:

> Date: Sat, 11 Apr 1998 00:27:26 -0400 (EDT)
> From: jason at alltel.net
> To: undrgrid at undergrid.net
> Cc: ale at cc.gatech.edu
> Subject: Re: [ale] kernel/userspace debate
> 
> Hmm. I should have been more clear . . . the kernel NFS services to
> which I refer are those of a kernel space SERVER, not the fstype.
> 
> The NFS server has traditionally been implemented as a group of
> userspace daemons providing NFS export services (via sun rpc, of
> course): e.g. rpc.mountd, rpc.nfsd, portmapper. Nowadays (2.1.x) we've
> got a trio of modules and their attendant kernel threads handling NFS
> server duties: nfsd, lockd, and sunrpc. 
>  
	You were clear enuf... I run NFS on several machines... and I can
see where moving all of that into the kernel space could be good... If you
aren't using NFS you don't have them runnin anyway... If all three were
running from the same space maybe the performance could be increased as
well... anyone had NFS lock up in the middle of a save?
	Jeremy

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