H. Peter Anvin writes...
> Rick Richardson wrote:
> > >
> > > If that's the case you might want to try my patches at
> > > http://www.goop.org/~jeremy/autofs. Among other things, they can arrange to
> > > create missing intermediate directories leading up to a mountpoint.
> >
> > Thanks for the tip, Jeremy.
> >
> > Are these patches going to go into any future kernels? I don't
> > want to have a bunch of users relying on features that are only
> > available by patches and custom kernels.
> >
>
> Probably not as-is, but I have on my list to implement a new version of
> autofs, which will incorporate the functionality of Jeremy's patches.
> Whether or not I'll use his code is not yet clear. Unfortunately I've
> been hideously busy, but if Linus' plan to get 2.4 out by the end of the
> year that is a suitable target.
OK, thanks for the info and schedule.
The thought of having to install custom kernels here on 50 or more
"luser" machines until then to access the NetApp isn't appealing
to me. :-(
I know its off topic for this list, but will RH 5.2's "amd"
automounter work with the 2.2 kernels? They don't ship it with 6.0.
-Rick
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