On 9/20/20 6:02 AM, Chris Hall wrote: > > Steve, > > Forwarded to you as suggested by Bruce Fields -- see below. Thanks... I've been watching the discussion. Would you mind reposting the patch in the proper format and proper Signed-off-by tag? steved. > > Chris > > > -------- Forwarded Message -------- > > On Sat, Sep 19, 2020 at 06:49:40PM +0100, Chris Hall wrote: >> On 19/09/2020 17:33, J. Bruce Fields wrote: >> >On Tue, Sep 15, 2020 at 02:06:23PM +0100, Chris Hall wrote: >> >>Also FWIW, I gather that this is configuration for the client-side >> >>'mount' of nfs exports, *only*. I suppose it should be obvious that >> >>this has absolutely nothing to do with configuring (server-side) >> >>'mountd'. Speaking as a fully paid up moron-in-a-hurry, it has >> >>taken me a while to work that out :-( [I suggest that the comments >> >>in the .conf files and the man-page could say that nfs.conf is >> >>server-side and nfsmount.conf is client-side -- just a few words, >> >>for the avoidance of doubt.] >> > >> >That sounds sensible. If you're feeling industrious, you can >> > >> > git clone git://linux-nfs.org/~steved/nfs-utils >> > >> >and patch those files and mail us a patch.... >> >> Enclosed are suggested updates. > > Oh, great, thanks. Steve Dickson handles these, so send it to > steved@xxxxxxxxxx, cc: linux-nfs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, and he should pick it > up. > > --b. > >> Chris > >
