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authorTrond Myklebust <Trond.Myklebust@netapp.com>2007-10-09 18:01:04 +0200
committerTrond Myklebust <Trond.Myklebust@netapp.com>2007-10-09 23:20:52 +0200
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parentNFS: nfs_refresh_inode should clear cache_validity flags on success (diff)
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NFS: Add a boot parameter to disable 64 bit inode numbers
This boot parameter will allow legacy 32-bit applications which call stat() to continue to function even if the NFSv3/v4 server uses 64-bit inode numbers. Signed-off-by: Trond Myklebust <Trond.Myklebust@netapp.com>
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diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
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@@ -1073,6 +1073,13 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
[NFS] set the maximum lifetime for idmapper cache
entries.
+ nfs.enable_ino64=
+ [NFS] enable 64-bit inode numbers.
+ If zero, the NFS client will fake up a 32-bit inode
+ number for the readdir() and stat() syscalls instead
+ of returning the full 64-bit number.
+ The default is to return 64-bit inode numbers.
+
nmi_watchdog= [KNL,BUGS=X86-32] Debugging features for SMP kernels
no387 [BUGS=X86-32] Tells the kernel to use the 387 maths