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| author | Eric Van Hensbergen <ericvh@gmail.com> | 2007-01-26 00:57:05 -0800 |
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| committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@woody.linux-foundation.org> | 2007-01-26 13:50:59 -0800 |
| commit | ff76e1dfc8728278ee231feeb93146f9c57c3ec3 (patch) | |
| tree | b6eb93bea3dbe2a4b704619b9f13f69300526b4a | |
| parent | 621997cd392a541bbe964e7521e2e4b2a7a03c4e (diff) | |
| download | lwn-ff76e1dfc8728278ee231feeb93146f9c57c3ec3.tar.gz lwn-ff76e1dfc8728278ee231feeb93146f9c57c3ec3.zip | |
[PATCH] 9p: update documentation regarding server applications
Update the documentation to cover using Inferno as a server for 9p and to
include information about spfs (a stable single-threaded stand-alone 9p
server).
Signed-off-by: Eric Van Hensbergen <ericvh@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/filesystems/9p.txt | 20 |
1 files changed, 17 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/9p.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/9p.txt index 43b89c214d20..4d075a4558f9 100644 --- a/Documentation/filesystems/9p.txt +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/9p.txt @@ -73,8 +73,22 @@ OPTIONS RESOURCES ========= -The Linux version of the 9p server is now maintained under the npfs project -on sourceforge (http://sourceforge.net/projects/npfs). +Our current recommendation is to use Inferno (http://www.vitanuova.com/inferno) +as the 9p server. You can start a 9p server under Inferno by issuing the +following command: + ; styxlisten -A tcp!*!564 export '#U*' + +The -A specifies an unauthenticated export. The 564 is the port # (you may +have to choose a higher port number if running as a normal user). The '#U*' +specifies exporting the root of the Linux name space. You may specify a +subset of the namespace by extending the path: '#U*'/tmp would just export +/tmp. For more information, see the Inferno manual pages covering styxlisten +and export. + +A Linux version of the 9p server is now maintained under the npfs project +on sourceforge (http://sourceforge.net/projects/npfs). There is also a +more stable single-threaded version of the server (named spfs) available from +the same CVS repository. There are user and developer mailing lists available through the v9fs project on sourceforge (http://sourceforge.net/projects/v9fs). @@ -96,5 +110,5 @@ STATUS The 2.6 kernel support is working on PPC and x86. -PLEASE USE THE SOURCEFORGE BUG-TRACKER TO REPORT PROBLEMS. +PLEASE USE THE KERNEL BUGZILLA TO REPORT PROBLEMS. (http://bugzilla.kernel.org) |