Michel Rasquin wrote:
>  Dear all,
> 
>  I am  a new OpenSuSE user and quite convinced by this distribution.  
>  However, I still have a problem.
> 
>  I have configured a gigabit network, using nfs and everything works  
>  fine except for all the Fortran compilers I have tried so far (Intel,  
>  g95, gfortran).
> 
>  There is no problem to compile some files which are stored locally on  
>  a nfs client.
>  However, when I try to compile some files stored on /home which is  
>  mounted through nfs, then it takes hours to make the link between all  
>  the .o files created.
> 
>  My server is an OpenSuSE 10.2 - 64bit machine and the nfs options are  
>  "root_squash,sync,insecure,rw".
>  All the clients run on OpenSuSE 10.2 - 32bit, with the options  
>  "rw,soft".
> 
>  Except for the compilation, I do not face any other slow network  
>  communication.

It's worth checking the speeds. Do some dd transfers between local disks
and across the network for example.

>  Do you know if the problem is related to the "32bit clients - 64bit  
>  server" association?
>  Should I add another nfs option to the server or to the clients?

You probably want an rsize= and wsize= options. 8192 is the traditional
value but check the man pages for details

Cheers, Dave
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