On Nov 14, 2012, at 6:01 PM, "Myklebust, Trond" <Trond.Myklebust@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> -----Original Message----- >> From: linux-nfs-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:linux-nfs- >> owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Chuck Lever >> Sent: Wednesday, November 14, 2012 5:39 PM >> To: linux-nfs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >> Subject: [PATCH] nfs(5): Document the minorversion= mount option >> >> Signed-off-by: Chuck Lever <chuck.lever@xxxxxxxxxx> >> --- >> >> Our pals on the Solaris team recently noticed that the minorversion= option >> is not documented in nfs(5). This is a first take, just to start the conversation. >> I'm pretty sure I got the kernel version information wrong, for instance. >> >> Any other comments? > > You might want to note that it is deprecated in favour of the "vers=4.1" notation, and for that reason we might want to forgo documenting it altogether. OK. minorversion= is the only way to get NFSv4.1 on EL6-based distributions, isn't it? By "deprecated" do you mean that you intend to remove it? > >> utils/mount/nfs.man | 17 +++++++++++++++++ >> 1 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) >> >> diff --git a/utils/mount/nfs.man b/utils/mount/nfs.man index >> c15de98..66198cc 100644 >> --- a/utils/mount/nfs.man >> +++ b/utils/mount/nfs.man >> @@ -777,6 +777,23 @@ so if this mount option is not specified, the NFS >> version 4 client uses the TCP protocol. >> Refer to the TRANSPORT METHODS section for more details. >> .TP 1.5i >> +.BI minorversion= n >> +Specifies the protocol minor version number. >> +NFSv4 introduces "minor versioning," where NFS protocol enhancements >> +can be introduced without bumping the NFS protocol version number. >> +Before kernel 2.6.38, the minor version is always zero, and this option >> +is not recognized. >> +After this kernel, specifying "minorversion=1" enables a number of >> +advanced features, such as NFSv4 sessions. >> +.IP >> +Recent kernels allow the minor version to be specified using the .B >> +vers= option. >> +For example, specifying >> +.B vers=4.1 >> +is the same as specifying >> +.BR vers=4,minorversion=1 . >> +.TP 1.5i >> .BI port= n >> The numeric value of the server's NFS service port. >> If the server's NFS service is not available on the specified port, >> >> -- >> To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-nfs" in the >> body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at >> http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html-- > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-nfs" in > the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > -- Chuck Lever chuck[dot]lever[at]oracle[dot]com -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-nfs" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
