On Fri, 15 Aug 2003, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> Ian Kent wrote:
> >
> > Correct. I am talking about the userspace daemon but see below.
> >
> > As far as the kernel module is concerned there is an autofs4 module. Last
> > time this was raised on the list HPA distanced himself from this code as
> > he has some concerns about it's implementation. Please correct me if I am
> > wrong Peter. I have modified the kernel code that is associated with
> > autofs 4 only while striving to maintain compatability with v3 and the
> > existing v4 user space daemons. This product is imtimately related to its
> > kernel module and so anyone wanting to maintain the daemon code should
> > have the oppertunity to maintain the corresponding kernel module as well.
> >
>
> This is correct, and it would make sense for someone to take over active
> maintenance of autofs4.
>
Thanks for your support Peter.
That about seals it for me. There will be an autofs-4.1.0 in the near
future.
> At the same time, I have begun experimenting with some ways of making
> things work the way I would like them to for autofs5, and have made some
> quite good progress. The big open question right now is whether or not
> it is actually possible for me to productize this unless I get real
> funding for it.
>
I hope you can get funding for it.
I have often found the code in autofs v3 helpful and have used it as an
example of how things should be done. I expect the same would go double
for autofs v5.
Good luck with it.
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