Re: kern/48027: nfsserver module doesn't work

[Paul Goyette <paul%whooppee.com@localhost>]

The following reply was made to PR kern/48027; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Paul Goyette <paul%whooppee.com@localhost>
To: gnats-bugs%NetBSD.org@localhost
Cc: kern-bug-people%netbsd.org@localhost, gnats-admin%netbsd.org@localhost, 
netbsd-bugs%netbsd.org@localhost
Subject: Re: kern/48027: nfsserver module doesn't work
Date: Sun, 7 Jul 2013 19:31:34 -0700 (PDT)

 On Mon, 8 Jul 2013, David Holland wrote:
 
 >  >   still cannot successfully start the nfsd process and export its
 >  >   filesystems.  nfsd reports "NFS not available" due to a SIGSYS
 >  >   signal.
 >
 > ...so this has nothing to do with modules?
 
 I'n suspecting that something isn't getting initialized correctly when 
 the module is loaded.  I've been trying to track it down, but no luck so 
 far.
 
 But I don't think this is an issue with the MODULAR infrastructure, but 
 rather an issue with specific implementation of nfsserver module.  It 
 "just works" in a monolithic kernel, but fails with loaded module in a 
 minimalist kernel.
 
 One thing I have not tried yet is to build a GENERIC-MINUS-NFS kernel 
 and see if the problem persists there.
 
 
 
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