Hi! ---- Below (and also available at https://nrubsig.kpaste.net/b37) is a patch which adds support for nfs://-URLs in mount.nfs4, as alternative to the traditional hostname:/path+-o port=<tcp-port> notation. * Main advantages are: - Single-line notation with the familiar URL syntax, which includes hostname, path *AND* TCP port number (last one is a common generator of *PAIN* with ISPs) in ONE string - Support for non-ASCII mount points, e.g. paths with CJKV (Chinese, Japanese, ...) characters, which is typically a big problem if you try to transfer such mount point information across email/chat/clipboard etc., which tends to mangle such characters to death (e.g. transliteration, adding of ZWSP or just '?'). - URL parameters are supported, providing support for future extensions * Notes: - Similar support for nfs://-URLs exists in other NFSv4.* implementations, including Illumos, Windows ms-nfs41-client, sahlberg/libnfs, ... - This is NOT about WebNFS, this is only to use an URL representation to make the life of admins a LOT easier - Only absolute paths are supported - This feature will not be provided for NFSv3 ---- snip ----
