From: "J. Bruce Fields" Subject: Re: [PATCH] mount.nfs: Update description of clientaddr= in nfs(5) Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2007 17:37:16 -0400 Message-ID: <20070830213716.GE10808@fieldses.org> References: <20070830194810.4524.58037.stgit@monet.1015granger.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Cc: nfs@lists.sourceforge.net To: Chuck Lever Return-path: Received: from sc8-sf-mx2-b.sourceforge.net ([10.3.1.92] helo=mail.sourceforge.net) by sc8-sf-list2-new.sourceforge.net with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1IQrhU-000314-Sz for nfs@lists.sourceforge.net; Thu, 30 Aug 2007 14:37:16 -0700 Received: from mail.fieldses.org ([66.93.2.214] helo=fieldses.org) by mail.sourceforge.net with esmtps (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.44) id 1IQrhX-0002Sj-6B for nfs@lists.sourceforge.net; Thu, 30 Aug 2007 14:37:21 -0700 In-Reply-To: <20070830194810.4524.58037.stgit@monet.1015granger.net> List-Id: "Discussion of NFS under Linux development, interoperability, and testing." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: nfs-bounces@lists.sourceforge.net Errors-To: nfs-bounces@lists.sourceforge.net On Thu, Aug 30, 2007 at 03:48:10PM -0400, Chuck Lever wrote: > +Specifies a single IPv4 address in dotted-quad form that the > +NFS client should advertise to a server for performing NFSv4 > +callback requests for this mount point. > +If not specified, the mount command attempts to discover an > +appropriate callback address, then passes it to the NFS client. > +However, in the presence of multiple client network interfaces, > +special routing policies, or atypical network topologies, the > +exact address to use for callbacks may be difficult for the > +mount command to determine automatically. Sounds good to me! --b. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ _______________________________________________ NFS maillist - NFS@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/nfs