On Wed, 9 Jul 2008 18:22:45 +0200 (MET DST) K. Ernel wrote:

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> 
> hello list,
> 
> I usually switch to a new kernel version using the
> old .config file by doing:
> 
>     # zcat /proc/config.gz > .config
>     # make oldconfig
> 
> however, with the last two (or so) versions, I always lost the network
> file system configuration. It's not present in config.gz,
> while in the old .config of the previous release, it _is_
> present, plus I'm abble to use network file system support
> in the current (before the update) kernel.
> 
> e.g.:
> 
> (1) kernel version:
>     # uname -r
>     2.6.25.9
> 
> (2) this kernel version's configuration in the sources:
>     # grep NETWORK_FILE linux-2.6.25.9/.config
>     CONFIG_NETWORK_FILESYSTEMS=y
> 
> (3) this kernel version's configuration in /proc/config.gz
>     # zcat /proc/config.gz | grep NETWORK_FILE
>     # CONFIG_NETWORK_FILESYSTEMS is not set
> 
> (4) to proof this kernel version has indeed network filesystem:
>     # lsmod| grep nfs
>     nfs                    86896  1 
>     lockd                  38280  2 nfs
>     nfs_acl                 1792  1 nfs
>     sunrpc                101884  10 nfs,lockd,nfs_acl
> 
> 
> to me, this looks like "CONFIG_NETWORK_FILESYSTEMS" is "forgotten" in
> config.gz, but what do I know ...
> 
> please fix if possible,

Hi,

I can't reproduce it on 2.6.25.9 or 2.6.26-rc9.

If there is any more info that you could provide, please do so.
(not that I know what it would be)

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