Re: [PATCH 1/2] nfs(5): Replace the term "netid" in mount option descriptions

["Talpey, Thomas" <Thomas.Talpey@netapp.com>]

To be pedantic, identifiying this field as a "prot" may be just as
misleading. For example "rdma" (which isn't mentioned btw ;-) )
can employ tcp - iWARP adapters do this.

I think instead that the proto= field simply names the "transport"
rather than "netid" or "prot". Also, I think "prot" is much too easily
mistaken for "port".

So I suggest changing the example to "proto=transport", and deleting
the word "protocol" in the text, simply leaving "the transport used by
NFS to transmit..."

Tom.

At 12:16 PM 9/23/2008, Chuck Lever wrote:
>Mike Eisler noted that the use of the term "netid" in the descriptions
>of the "proto=" option is not appropriate, since Linux does not allow
>"udp6" or "tcp6".
>
>Remove the term "netid" from nfs(5).
>
>Signed-off-by: Chuck Lever <chuck.lever@oracle.com>
>---
>
> utils/mount/nfs.man |   12 ++++++------
> 1 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
>
>diff --git a/utils/mount/nfs.man b/utils/mount/nfs.man
>index 0fc5079..b1037a8 100644
>--- a/utils/mount/nfs.man
>+++ b/utils/mount/nfs.man
>@@ -411,10 +411,10 @@ for mounting the
> .B nfs
> file system type.
> .TP 1.5i
>-.BI proto= netid
>+.BI proto= prot
> The transport protocol used by the NFS client
> to transmit requests to the NFS server for this mount point.
>-.I netid
>+.I prot
> can be either
> .B udp
> or
>@@ -489,11 +489,11 @@ 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
>+.BI mountproto= prot
> 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
>+.I prot
> can be either
> .B udp
> or
>@@ -638,10 +638,10 @@ for mounting the
> .B nfs4
> file system type.
> .TP 1.5i
>-.BI proto= netid
>+.BI proto= prot
> The transport protocol used by the NFS client
> to transmit requests to the NFS server for this mount point.
>-.I netid
>+.I prot
> can be either
> .B udp
> or
>
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