>This is somewhat odd; this is on an 2.6.8-3 machine (kernel from
stable):
>
> sikkert:~# grep init_nfsd /proc/kallsyms
> c8879000 t init_nfsd[nfsd]
>
>Perhaps alpha is doing something odd? Or did you do anything to your
kernel?
Color me "puzzled". I just finished updating to 2.6.16-8 this morning
before receiving your note, and I see that now init_nfsd is found in
/proc/kallsyms as expected.
I am using locally-compiled kernels, but from the Debian source package.
(Well, my 2.6.16-8 has two patches applied to fix horrible
alpha-specific bugs that were introduced upstream but have not been
corrected yet...) The config for the two different versions is identical
except for stuff new for this release (i.e. I copied .config and did a
make oldconfig).
The only thing that makes me think I'm not losing my mind is that I
wouldn't have noticed this issue at all except for nfs-kernel-server
refusing to start after it got upgraded. :-)
>From my view at this point, we could write this off as a weird blip and
not do anything - but I wonder if it would be better to be paranoid and
leave in the suggested "either or" test and reduce the chance of anybody
else falling across this issue. I'm happy either way.
Thanks for following up,
Scott
