NFS on PI

[Jack Weldon]

In article <41751 at sgi.sgi.com> brendan at illyria.wpd.sgi.com (Brendan Eich) writes:
>> > I am having terrible trouble with NFS between a PI and several other
>> > machines.  The PI hangs (completely dead) randomly when transferring
>> > large files via NFS.
>
>Seconded.  The first PI release had bugs not only to do with Ethernet
>(which showed up best under NFS stress), but also with interrupted level
>management (for kernel heads, spl was busted).
>
>Brendan Eich
>Silicon Graphics, Inc.
>

I agree heartily with both Jim and Brendan's assesment of the problem.  Since
the 3.2 Release of IRIX is around the corner, you may want to wait until then.
If not, feel free to call the Hotline and ask for a maintenence tape to bring
you up above Rev C (3.147XXX). The bug was fixed in Rev D, but a Rev G is 
also available that has the NFS patch and other patches as well.  If this is
your only problem, I'd stick with Rev D.  Let us know if we can assist. 

Jack Weldon
Product Support System Engineer
SGI Geometry Hotline

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Cheers,
Jack