On Monday 17 Dec 2012 14:35:45 you wrote: > This code was written before I joined up, so at this point I can only make > guesses about why it was implemented this way. I think I'm the only NFS > developer using Arch, so you might get better information asking on > linux-nfs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx. Thanks Bryan. I think I'll wait until after Christmas, but that's a good idea. Thanks for your help, Paul