From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-6.8 required=3.0 tests=DKIMWL_WL_HIGH,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,INCLUDES_PATCH, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SIGNED_OFF_BY,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS,URIBL_BLOCKED autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 25087C2D0DB for ; Wed, 29 Jan 2020 15:47:17 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EDDAC2070E for ; Wed, 29 Jan 2020 15:47:16 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; dkim=pass (1024-bit key) header.d=redhat.com header.i=@redhat.com header.b="RqjjWewO" Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1726240AbgA2PrQ (ORCPT ); Wed, 29 Jan 2020 10:47:16 -0500 Received: from us-smtp-2.mimecast.com ([207.211.31.81]:39561 "EHLO us-smtp-delivery-1.mimecast.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1726643AbgA2PrQ (ORCPT ); Wed, 29 Jan 2020 10:47:16 -0500 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=redhat.com; s=mimecast20190719; t=1580312835; h=from:from:reply-to:subject:subject:date:date:message-id:message-id: to:to:cc:mime-version:mime-version: content-transfer-encoding:content-transfer-encoding; bh=3ZU2PWW+aEL0mF+GQoH2Y43Kx7XYMF9rs6T5DwJw30I=; b=RqjjWewOK2kosfvE+R1B8xUVDgoR7JjElxWKRbo8dwKAfc42lm6gUevh4vwMPheUAhGW+F 2kdHJuQBh62YQXM1uZsRwWYJCcLLKP4m5q2S+i4K6bphl5xq8VkuJv+P/H2ZG4aEhO9IiF DhZuh0SUMNttcd5GVORr236d7AOae/s= Received: from mimecast-mx01.redhat.com (mimecast-mx01.redhat.com [209.132.183.4]) (Using TLS) by relay.mimecast.com with ESMTP id us-mta-319-CXPQkCkkMAaO7aFc1yvvGg-1; Wed, 29 Jan 2020 10:47:07 -0500 X-MC-Unique: CXPQkCkkMAaO7aFc1yvvGg-1 Received: from smtp.corp.redhat.com (int-mx05.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com [10.5.11.15]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mimecast-mx01.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 3B9A11034B04 for ; Wed, 29 Jan 2020 15:47:06 +0000 (UTC) Received: from madhat.boston.devel.redhat.com (madhat.boston.devel.redhat.com [10.19.60.33]) by smtp.corp.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id ED1FBCFDEF for ; Wed, 29 Jan 2020 15:47:05 +0000 (UTC) From: Steve Dickson To: Linux NFS Mailing list Subject: [PATCH 1/2] manpage: Add a description of the 'nconnect' mount option Date: Wed, 29 Jan 2020 10:47:02 -0500 Message-Id: <20200129154703.6204-1-steved@redhat.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.79 on 10.5.11.15 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Sender: linux-nfs-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-nfs@vger.kernel.org From: Trond Myklebust Add a description of the 'nconnect' mount option on the 'nfs' generic manpage. Signed-off-by: Trond Myklebust Signed-off-by: Steve Dickson --- utils/mount/nfs.man | 17 +++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+) diff --git a/utils/mount/nfs.man b/utils/mount/nfs.man index 6ba9cef..84462cd 100644 --- a/utils/mount/nfs.man +++ b/utils/mount/nfs.man @@ -369,6 +369,23 @@ using an automounter (refer to .BR automount (8) for details). .TP 1.5i +.BR nconnect=3D n +When using a connection oriented protocol such as TCP, it may +sometimes be advantageous to set up multiple connections between +the client and server. For instance, if your clients and/or servers +are equipped with multiple network interface cards (NICs), using multipl= e +connections to spread the load may improve overall performance. +In such cases, the +.BR nconnect +option allows the user to specify the number of connections +that should be established between the client and server up to +a limit of 16. +.IP +Note that the +.BR nconnect +option may also be used by some pNFS drivers to decide how many +connections to set up to the data servers. +.TP 1.5i .BR rdirplus " / " nordirplus Selects whether to use NFS v3 or v4 READDIRPLUS requests. If this option is not specified, the NFS client uses READDIRPLUS request= s --=20 2.21.1