From: Chuck Lever Subject: [PATCH] nfs(5) man page: Add documentation for the "mountproto=" option Date: Tue, 22 Jul 2008 15:47:16 -0400 Message-ID: <20080722194715.25475.67694.stgit@manray.1015granger.net> References: <20080722194550.25475.37133.stgit@manray.1015granger.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Cc: linux-nfs@vger.kernel.org To: steved@redhat.com, neilb@suse.de Return-path: Received: from agminet01.oracle.com ([141.146.126.228]:61237 "EHLO agminet01.oracle.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752564AbYGVTsf (ORCPT ); Tue, 22 Jul 2008 15:48:35 -0400 In-Reply-To: <20080722194550.25475.37133.stgit-meopP2rzCrTwdl/1UfZZQIVfYA8g3rJ/@public.gmane.org> Sender: linux-nfs-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: 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