[chclt]

On macOS 14, vmnet-helper output lacks vmnet_write_max_packets and vmnet_read_max_packets, introduced in macOS 15, causing config parsing to fail.

$ sudo anylinuxfs mount /dev/disk11s1
macOS: Error: Failed to parse vmnet-helper config: missing field `vmnet_write_max_packets` at line 1 column 300

This PR makes vmnet_write_max_packets and vmnet_read_max_packets optional.

It also adds cleanup on config parsing failure to terminate and reap the helper process and remove its socket files.

Verified NTFS mounting with vmnet on macOS 14.6.

[nohajc]

Thanks for the PR! I don't test on Sonoma so I missed this. I'll review the changes soon.

[chclt]

Also, the base.txz download from ftp.cz.freebsd.org in build-app.sh fails with curl: (52) Empty reply from server, preventing me from building v0.19.0 on macOS 14.6. Switching to https://download.freebsd.org/releases/arm64/14.3-RELEASE/base.txz resolved the issue. Perhaps you could also consider switching to this download URL.

[nohajc]

Yes, I already fixed that yesterday. The cz mirror is down.

[nohajc]

Good job, merged the change. Thanks again!

[nohajc]

@chclt I'm aware the broken freebsd mirror affects homebrew formula installation from source. I'll fix it by releasing a new version.

[chclt]

I also encountered a timestamp issue on macOS 14.6: selecting a file in Finder with the preview pane enabled changes its modification time, even though its contents remain unchanged.

I reproduced the underlying issue without Finder: touch -a, which should only update the access time, also changes the modification time on the NFS mount. A packet capture shows that the macOS client sends an NFSv3 SETATTR request to update both timestamps. Neither noatime nor NFSv4 resolved it in my tests.

Other users have reported similar behavior: https://www.reddit.com/r/MacOS/comments/1gqmpbu

Since this appears to be an OS bug, I don’t expect anylinuxfs to fix it. I’m just sharing these findings in case they help someone who encounters the same issue.

[nohajc]

Thanks for investigating! I will document this.