Re: nfs share locks up on netbsd hvm instance

[Manuel Bouyer <bouyer%antioche.eu.org@localhost>]

On Wed, Sep 17, 2008 at 09:42:06AM -0700, Michael Litchard wrote:
> I have an nfs server running on a pvm. It works fine with nfs clients
> on other pvms. What I'm doinging is sharing pkgsrc from the nfsserver.
> I can write to the share from the hvm (tried a touch), and I can read
> files. But when I try *any* make commands, it locks up. Could someone
> offer a way to troubleshoot.

I'd looking at both end of the virtual link between the hvm and
the dom0 with tcpdump, and watching for lost packets. If that's
the cause, switching to TCP mounts, and/or reducing the rsize/wisze
could help.

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Manuel Bouyer <bouyer%antioche.eu.org@localhost>
     NetBSD: 26 ans d'experience feront toujours la difference
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