[PATCH] nfsroot port= parameter fix

Eric Lammerts (eric@lammerts.org)
Mon, 3 Feb 2003 11:03:24 +0100


Hi,
When I specify the NFS port for nfsroot (e.g., nfsroot=<dir>,port=2049), the
kernel uses the wrong port. In my case it tries to use 264 (0x108) instead
of 2049 (0x801).

This patch adds the missing htons().

Eric

--- linux-2.4.21-pre4/fs/nfs/nfsroot.c.orig Mon Feb 3 10:11:10 2003
+++ linux-2.4.21-pre4/fs/nfs/nfsroot.c Mon Feb 3 10:28:35 2003
@@ -384,10 +384,11 @@
"number from server, using default\n");
port = nfsd_port;
}
- nfs_port = htons(port);
+ nfs_port = port;
dprintk("Root-NFS: Portmapper on server returned %d "
"as nfsd port\n", port);
}
+ nfs_port = htons(nfs_port);

if ((port = root_nfs_getport(NFS_MNT_PROGRAM, mountd_ver, proto)) < 0) {
printk(KERN_ERR "Root-NFS: Unable to get mountd port "

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