Re: [cifs-utils PATCH v2] manpage: update mount.cifs manpage with info about default version being mounted

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2017-10-31 9:02 GMT-07:00 Jeff Layton <jlayton@xxxxxxxxxx>:
> From: Jeff Layton <jlayton@xxxxxxxxx>
>
> Signed-off-by: Jeff Layton <jlayton@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  mount.cifs.rst | 6 ++++--
>  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> Thanks Aurelien. I dropped Ronnie's Reviewed-by since this is a bit different.
> Let me know if you'd like me to add it back.
>
> diff --git a/mount.cifs.rst b/mount.cifs.rst
> index 9714f795fe76..01305df60651 100644
> --- a/mount.cifs.rst
> +++ b/mount.cifs.rst
> @@ -517,7 +517,7 @@ prefixpath=arg
>  vers=arg
>    SMB protocol version. Allowed values are:
>
> -  - 1.0 - The classic CIFS/SMBv1 protocol. This is the default.
> +  - 1.0 - The classic CIFS/SMBv1 protocol.
>    - 2.0 - The SMBv2.002 protocol. This was initially introduced in
>      Windows Vista Service Pack 1, and Windows Server 2008. Note that
>      the initial release version of Windows Vista spoke a slightly
> @@ -529,6 +529,9 @@ vers=arg
>    Note too that while this option governs the protocol version used, not
>    all features of each version are available.
>
> +  In kernels v4.13 and later, the client and server negotiate a version greater
> +  than or equal to ``2.1``. In kernels prior to v4.13, the default is ``1.0``.
> +

The multi-dialect negotiation (version 2.1 and above) was added in
v4.13.5 kernel. Should we mention the specific stable version in the
doc?

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Best regards,
Pavel Shilovsky
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