From: Chuck Lever <chuck.lever@oracle.com>
To: steved@redhat.com, neilb@suse.de
Cc: linux-nfs@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] nfs(5) man page: Add documentation for the "mountproto=" option
Date: Tue, 22 Jul 2008 15:47:16 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20080722194715.25475.67694.stgit@manray.1015granger.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20080722194550.25475.37133.stgit-meopP2rzCrTwdl/1UfZZQIVfYA8g3rJ/@public.gmane.org>
Looks like mountproto= was never documented in nfs(5). Add a paragraph
that describes it in the "nfs mount options" section.
---
utils/mount/nfs.man | 19 +++++++++++++++++++
1 files changed, 19 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
diff --git a/utils/mount/nfs.man b/utils/mount/nfs.man
index 2c0b687..0fc5079 100644
--- a/utils/mount/nfs.man
+++ b/utils/mount/nfs.man
@@ -489,6 +489,25 @@ or the server's mountd service is not available on the advertised port.
This option can be used when mounting an NFS server
through a firewall that blocks the rpcbind protocol.
.TP 1.5i
+.BI mountproto= netid
+The transport protocol used by the NFS client
+to transmit requests to the NFS server's mountd service when performing
+this mount request, and when later unmounting this mount point.
+.I netid
+can be either
+.B udp
+or
+.BR tcp .
+.IP
+This option can be used when mounting an NFS server
+through a firewall that blocks a particular transport protocol.
+When used in combination with the
+.B proto
+option, different transports for mountd requests and NFS requests
+can be specified.
+If the server's mountd service is not available via the specified
+transport, the mount request fails.
+.TP 1.5i
.BI mounthost= name
The hostname of the host running mountd.
If this option is not specified, the
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2008-07-22 19:47 [PATCH] Add missing description of mountproto option to nfs(5) Chuck Lever
[not found] ` <20080722194550.25475.37133.stgit-meopP2rzCrTwdl/1UfZZQIVfYA8g3rJ/@public.gmane.org>
2008-07-22 19:47 ` Chuck Lever [this message]
[not found] ` <20080722194715.25475.67694.stgit-meopP2rzCrTwdl/1UfZZQIVfYA8g3rJ/@public.gmane.org>
2008-07-25 18:32 ` [PATCH] nfs(5) man page: Add documentation for the "mountproto=" option Steve Dickson
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