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Re: NFS problem
- To: "H.J. Lu" <hjl@lucon.org>, Eric Jergensen <eric@dvns.com>
- Subject: Re: NFS problem
- From: ralf@uni-koblenz.de
- Date: Tue, 4 Aug 1998 18:23:15 +0200
- Cc: Linux SMP <linux-smp@vger.rutgers.edu>, linux kernel <linux-kernel@vger.rutgers.edu>, GNU C Library <libc-hacker@cygnus.com>
- References: <19980801205138.25112@dvns.com> <m0z326j-00038wC@ocean.lucon.org>
On Sun, Aug 02, 1998 at 10:39:45AM -0700, H.J. Lu wrote:
> I should mention that the I/O error comes from the C preprocessor in
> gcc whild building glibc 2.1 with the source code on the NFS server.
> There are many -Ixxxx in CFLAGS in the glibc build. It seems like an
> interaction between the C preprocessor and many directory/file lookup
> from client to server. Maybe the Linux NFS server and/or client perform
> poorly with many directory/file lookup in a very short time. Has anyone
> tried to compile glibc 2.1 with the source code on the NFS server?
I've built glibc 2.0.x on diskless machines running older 2.1.x kernels.
Sometimes a hickup but usually works and the performance is extremly
low. With my 486DX/33, 8mb as server the build process takes roughly
24h; the client configuration has only a small influence on the performance.
Ralf