Re: [Patch] nfs.man: Move nfsvers to "Options supported by all versions" section

[Steve Dickson <SteveD@redhat.com>]

On 24/04/13 12:06, Christopher T Vogan wrote:
> Does anyone agree or disagree with a man page update over the placement of 
> nfsvers/vers option?
Yeah.. this makes sense... I'll apply it... 

steved.

> 
> 
> Christopher Vogan
> Dept. W98 NFS Development & Test
> 
> 
> 
> From:   Christopher T Vogan/San Jose/IBM@IBMUS
> To:     linux-nfs@vger.kernel.org, 
> Date:   03/25/2013 01:48 PM
> Subject:        [Patch] nfs.man: Move nfsvers to "Options supported by all 
> versions" section
> Sent by:        linux-nfs-owner@vger.kernel.org
> 
> 
> 
> After inclusion of NFSv4.1 it seems that now you can specify an NFSv4 
> mount with either "-tnfs4" or "-overs=4".  I have prepared a patch that 
> moves "nfsvers/vers" from "Options for NFS versions 2 and 3 only" to 
> "Options supported by all versions".
> 
> Author: Chris Vogan <cvogan@us.ibm.com>
> Date:   Mon Mar 25 10:12:57 2013 -0700
> 
>     Update NFS man page to state that "nfsvers=/vers=" is suitable for all 
> 
> NFS version.
>     Move from "Options for NFS versions 2 and 3 only" to "Options 
> supported by all versions".
> 
>     Signed-off-by: Chris Vogan <cvogan@gmail.com>
> --- nfs-utils-1.2.7/utils/mount/nfs.man.save    2013-03-25 
> 10:05:57.781645020 -0700
> +++ nfs-utils-1.2.7/utils/mount/nfs.man 2013-03-25 10:12:57.013454158 
> -0700
> @@ -467,6 +467,18 @@
>  and <kernel_soruce>/Documentation/filesystems/caching
>  for detail on how to configure the FS-Cache facility.
>  Default value is nofsc.
> +.TP 1.5i
> +.BI nfsvers= n
> +The NFS protocol version number used to contact the server's NFS service.
> +If the server does not support the requested version, the mount request 
> fails.
> +If this option is not specified, the client negotiates a suitable version 
> 
> with
> +the server, trying version 4 first, version 3 second, and version 2 last.
> +.TP 1.5i
> +.BI vers= n
> +This option is an alternative to the
> +.B nfsvers
> +option.
> +It is included for compatibility with other operating systems.
>  .SS "Options for NFS versions 2 and 3 only"
>  Use these options, along with the options in the above subsection,
>  for NFS versions 2 and 3 only.
> @@ -613,18 +625,6 @@
>  reports the proper maximum component length to applications
>  in such cases.
>  .TP 1.5i
> -.BI nfsvers= n
> -The NFS protocol version number used to contact the server's NFS service.
> -If the server does not support the requested version, the mount request 
> fails.
> -If this option is not specified, the client negotiates a suitable version 
> 
> with
> -the server, trying version 4 first, version 3 second, and version 2 last.
> -.TP 1.5i
> -.BI vers= n
> -This option is an alternative to the
> -.B nfsvers
> -option.
> -It is included for compatibility with other operating systems.
> -.TP 1.5i
>  .BR lock " / " nolock
>  Selects whether to use the NLM sideband protocol to lock files on the 
> server.
>  If neither option is specified (or if
> 
> Christopher Vogan
> Dept. W98 NFS Development & Test
> 
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