Ext3 users - Apr 2002 - Offtopic: nfs, tmpfs and `getfh failed: Operation not permitted'

Sorry this is off-topic, but I'm scrambling to get this system in,
google didn't help, and I'm sure someone on this list knows the answer
cold.

I'm trying to nfs-export a tmpfs disk.  I saw a hint from a response
about ram disks... which leads to my guess that tmpfs simply doesn't
implement some method that nfsd needs.

I can probably survive without tmpfs, but I'd like to know if I'm just
missing something.

Thanks  ../Dave

On Monday April 29, dmason@sarg.ryerson.ca wrote:
> Sorry this is off-topic, but I'm scrambling to get this system in,
> google didn't help, and I'm sure someone on this list knows the
answer
> cold.
> 
> I'm trying to nfs-export a tmpfs disk.  I saw a hint from a response
> about ram disks... which leads to my guess that tmpfs simply doesn't
> implement some method that nfsd needs.
> 
> I can probably survive without tmpfs, but I'd like to know if I'm
just
> missing something.
Nop, you're not missing anything.  tmpfs doesn't support nfs
exporting.  Maybe later in 2.5...

NeilBrown