X-Git-Url: http://pilppa.org/gitweb/gitweb.cgi?a=blobdiff_plain;f=Documentation%2Ffilesystems%2F9p.txt;h=bbd8b28c13de917dc3bdc6d04b1bc38e9aea2768;hb=e30fab3ad34aa8bfb55c9f0337d4a92a0595f41f;hp=43b89c214d2015a1026ceae21b266c3dbd82a58b;hpb=1e8c573933fd7975679766850252ad08667e5ca4;p=linux-2.6-omap-h63xx.git diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/9p.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/9p.txt index 43b89c214d2..bbd8b28c13d 100644 --- a/Documentation/filesystems/9p.txt +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/9p.txt @@ -40,6 +40,10 @@ OPTIONS aname=name aname specifies the file tree to access when the server is offering several exported file systems. + cache=mode specifies a cacheing policy. By default, no caches are used. + loose = no attempts are made at consistency, + intended for exclusive, read-only mounts + debug=n specifies debug level. The debug level is a bitmask. 0x01 = display verbose error messages 0x02 = developer debug (DEBUG_CURRENT) @@ -73,8 +77,22 @@ 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 +114,5 @@ 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)