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From: j@uriah.heep.sax.de (J Wunsch)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: FreeBSD2.2.x nfs or kernel bug?
Date: 16 Jun 1997 07:01:43 GMT
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gareth@eagle.seed.net.tw () wrote:

>   NFS server          NFS client
>   2.1.x               2.1.x            OK
>   2.2.x               2.1.x            OK 
>   2.1.x               2.2.x            panic/reboot
>   2.2.x               2.2.x            panic/reboot
>   
>   
>   Is there anyone has the same problem? To reproduce this problem,
>   the simplest way is to export a file system from local machine
>   and mount it with NFS mount.

FreeBSD switched to NFSv3 as the default with 2.2.2.  Loopback mounts
to the local machine are known to be broken in NFSv3.  (You don't need
to send a PR for this, the maintainer of our NFS, Doug Rabson, is well
aware of the problem, but also says that it is too complex to be fixed
anytime soon.)

-- 
cheers, J"org

joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de -- http://www.sax.de/~joerg/ -- NIC: JW11-RIPE
Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-)