Re: [patch] fix description of nfsversion mount option

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Le 17/08/2010 23:49, Steve Dickson a écrit :
> 
> 
> On 08/14/2010 10:53 AM, Guillaume Rousse wrote:
>> Hello list.
>>
>> Here is a first patch trying to update a little bit nfs-utils
>> documentation. I'd like also to change the constant opposition of 'nfs'
>> vs 'nfs4' filesystems in this man page, but I have no clue if the plan
>> is to remove 'nfs4' filesystem completly, or to keep for compatibility
>> purpose. In the first case, I'd just remove any occurence of it in the
>> man page, in the second case, I'm less sure about what to do.
> In the future please use the proper Signed-off-by: line in 
> your patch... Its cool for this time, since the change is a 
> minor one... 
Here is a now one, dealing with protocol-specific versions. This time I
found how to add the signoff header in git documentation :)

BTW, I don't what what's the exact plan for the 'nfs4' filesystem type,
so I just mentionned it as an old syntax. And I also supposed than
protocol-specific versions would just get ignored when used with another
version, but I'm not sure at all.
-- 
BOFH excuse #375:

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From 95f5f0e1a5e1edf7a34a03ee3fecd8908fa1ddad Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Guillaume Rousse <Guillaume.Rousse@xxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 28 Aug 2010 18:50:43 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Drop reference to the nfs4 filesystem type, excepted as an older
 syntax, and document options as specific to a protocol version
 rather than to a filesystem type.


Signed-off-by: Guillaume Rousse <Guillaume.Rousse@xxxxxxxx>
---
 utils/mount/nfs.man |   50 ++++++++++++++++++++------------------------------
 1 files changed, 20 insertions(+), 30 deletions(-)

diff --git a/utils/mount/nfs.man b/utils/mount/nfs.man
index 3806635..fe58015 100644
--- a/utils/mount/nfs.man
+++ b/utils/mount/nfs.man
@@ -3,8 +3,6 @@
 .SH NAME
 nfs \- fstab format and options for the
 .B nfs
-and
-.B nfs4
 file systems
 .SH SYNOPSIS
 .I /etc/fstab
@@ -71,14 +69,10 @@ for details on specifying raw IPv6 addresses.
 .P
 The
 .I fstype
-field contains either "nfs" (for version 2 or version 3 NFS mounts)
-or "nfs4" (for NFS version 4 mounts).
+field contains "nfs", for whatever version of the protocol.
 The
 .B nfs
-and
-.B nfs4
-file system types share similar mount options,
-which are described below.
+allow several mount options, which are described below.
 .SH "MOUNT OPTIONS"
 Refer to
 .BR mount (8)
@@ -89,14 +83,8 @@ specify any mount options, use the generic option
 in
 .IR /etc/fstab .
 .DT
-.SS "Valid options for either the nfs or nfs4 file system type"
-These options are valid to use when mounting either
-.B nfs
-or
-.B nfs4
-file system types.
-They imply the same behavior
-and have the same default for both file system types.
+.SS "Options supported by all versions"
+These options are valid to use with any NFS version.
 .TP 1.5i
 .BR soft " / " hard
 Determines the recovery behavior of the NFS client
@@ -476,11 +464,9 @@ by other clients, but can impact application and server performance.
 .IP
 The DATA AND METADATA COHERENCE section contains a
 detailed discussion of these trade-offs.
-.SS "Valid options for the nfs file system type"
+.SS "Options for versions 2 and 3 only"
 Use these options, along with the options in the above subsection,
-for mounting the
-.B nfs
-file system type.
+for NFSv2/v3 only. They will be ignored for newer versions.
 .TP 1.5i
 .BI proto= netid
 The transport protocol name and protocol family the NFS client uses
@@ -722,11 +708,9 @@ If this option is not specified, the NFS client uses READDIRPLUS requests
 on NFS version 3 mounts to read small directories.
 Some applications perform better if the client uses only READDIR requests
 for all directories.
-.SS "Valid options for the nfs4 file system type"
+.SS "Options for version 4 only"
 Use these options, along with the options in the first subsection above,
-for mounting the
-.B nfs4
-file system type.
+for NFSv4 only. They will be ignored with older versions.
 .TP 1.5i
 .BI proto= netid
 The transport protocol name and protocol family the NFS client uses
@@ -823,6 +807,13 @@ In the presence of multiple client network interfaces,
 special routing policies,
 or atypical network topologies,
 the exact address to use for callbacks may be nontrivial to determine.
+.SH nfs4 FILE SYSTEM TYPE
+The
+.BR nfs4
+file system type is an old syntax for specifying NFSv4 usage. It can still 
+be used with all NFSv4-specific and common options, excepted the
+.B nfsvers
+mount option.
 .SH MOUNT CONFIGURATION FILE
 If the mount command is configured to do so, all of the mount options 
 described in the previous section can also be configured in the 
@@ -844,12 +835,11 @@ file system type and specify the
 .B nfsvers=3
 mount option.
 To mount using NFS version 4,
-use the
-.B nfs4
-file system type.
-The
-.B nfsvers
-mount option is not supported for the
+use either the
+.B nfs
+file system type, with the
+.B nfsvers=4
+mount option, or the 
 .B nfs4
 file system type.
 .P
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