From: Chuck Lever Subject: Re: [PATCH] mount.nfs: Update description of clientaddr= in nfs(5) Date: Fri, 31 Aug 2007 09:56:36 -0400 Message-ID: <46D81E14.3000504@oracle.com> References: <20070830194810.4524.58037.stgit@monet.1015granger.net> Reply-To: chuck.lever@oracle.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="------------090600050700000006080400" Cc: nfs@lists.sourceforge.net To: "Talpey, Thomas" Return-path: Received: from sc8-sf-mx1-b.sourceforge.net ([10.3.1.91] helo=mail.sourceforge.net) by sc8-sf-list2-new.sourceforge.net with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1IR712-0005XG-Kk for nfs@lists.sourceforge.net; Fri, 31 Aug 2007 06:58:28 -0700 Received: from agminet01.oracle.com ([141.146.126.228]) by mail.sourceforge.net with esmtps (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.44) id 1IR716-0007rE-GH for nfs@lists.sourceforge.net; Fri, 31 Aug 2007 06:58:33 -0700 In-Reply-To: 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 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------090600050700000006080400 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Talpey, Thomas wrote: > At 03:48 PM 8/30/2007, Chuck Lever wrote: >> +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. > > "Difficult" doesn't actually say what happens. Perhaps: > > ... atypical network topologies, the ... > "server may not be able to establish a connection to the > address supplied by the client to use for callbacks. This in turn > may lead to degraded client NFSv4 operation." I think detailing the consequences a little is a good idea, so I'll try to work this in. --------------090600050700000006080400 Content-Type: text/x-vcard; charset=utf-8; name="chuck.lever.vcf" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="chuck.lever.vcf" begin:vcard fn:Chuck Lever n:Lever;Chuck org:Oracle Corporation;Corporate Architecture: Linux Projects Group adr:;;1015 Granger Avenue;Ann Arbor;MI;48104;USA title:Principal Member of Staff tel;work:+1 248 614 5091 x-mozilla-html:FALSE url:http://oss.oracle.com/~cel version:2.1 end:vcard --------------090600050700000006080400 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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/ --------------090600050700000006080400 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline _______________________________________________ NFS maillist - NFS@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/nfs --------------090600050700000006080400--