Re: [PATCH] nfs: convert proto= option to use netid's rather than a protoname

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On Wed, Oct 28, 2009 at 03:40:12PM -0400, Jeff Layton wrote:
> Solaris uses netids as values for the proto= option, so that when
> someone specifies "tcp6" they get traffic over TCP + IPv6. Until
> recently, this has never really been an issue for Linux since it didn't
> support NFS over IPv6.  The netid and the protocol name were generally
> always the same (modulo any strange configuration in /etc/netconfig).
> 
> The solaris manpage documents their proto= option as:
> 
>     proto= _netid_ | rdma

I'm strictly against adding netid braindamage to Linux.  Just because
Solaris made a mistake we don't have to repeat it.

Adding a hack to mount.nfs to parse it is fine, but there's not need to
display it again.
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