X-Git-Url: https://git.decadent.org.uk/gitweb/?p=nfs-utils.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=utils%2Fmount%2Fnfs.man;h=d92da1905a74a64cdc882e93ac90176abcacce52;hp=8abdb8394ead612b2597fc3cf067d42a448df48d;hb=19517eaaa68af5f299157d07186defa383a18e88;hpb=f1e07c06652eb5cae1ce028cad8cd35e59f32f57 diff --git a/utils/mount/nfs.man b/utils/mount/nfs.man index 8abdb83..d92da19 100644 --- a/utils/mount/nfs.man +++ b/utils/mount/nfs.man @@ -283,6 +283,28 @@ support UDP. .TP 1.5i .I udp Mount the NFS filesystem using the UDP protocol. +.TP 1.5i +.I nordirplus +Disables NFSv3 READDIRPLUS RPCs. Use this option when +mounting servers that don't support or have broken +READDIRPLUS implementations. +.TP 1.5i +.I nosharecache +As of kernel 2.6.18, it is no longer possible to mount the same +same filesystem with different mount options to a new mountpoint. +It was deemed unsafe to do so, since cached data cannot be shared +between the two mountpoints. In consequence, files or directories +that were common to both mountpoint subtrees could often be seen to +be out of sync following an update. +.br +This option allows administrators to select the pre-2.6.18 behaviour, +permitting the same filesystem to be mounted with different mount +options. +.br +.B Beware: +Use of this option is not recommended unless you are certain that there +are no hard links or subtrees of this mountpoint that are mounted +elsewhere. .P All of the non-value options have corresponding nooption forms. For example, nointr means don't allow file operations to be @@ -389,11 +411,23 @@ Valid protocol types are and .IR tcp . .TP 1.5i -.I clientaddr=n -On a multi-homed client, this -causes the client to use a specific callback address when -communicating with an NFS version 4 server. -This option is currently ignored. +.I clientaddr=n.n.n.n +Specifies a single IPv4 address in dotted-quad form that +the NFS client advertises to allow servers to perform +NFSv4 callback requests against files on this mount point. +If the server is not able to establish callback connections +to clients, performance may degrade, or accesses to +files may temporarily hang. +.IP +If this option is not specified, the +.BR mount (8) +command attempts to discover an appropriate callback +address automatically. +The automatic discovery process is not perfect, however. +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, +and should be explicitly set using this mount option. .TP 1.5i .I sec=mode Same as \f3sec=mode\f1 for the nfs filesystem type (see above). @@ -439,6 +473,23 @@ This extracts a server performance penalty but it allows two different NFS clients to get reasonable good results when both clients are actively writing to common filesystem on the server. +.TP 1.5i +.I nosharecache +As of kernel 2.6.18, it is no longer possible to mount the same +same filesystem with different mount options to a new mountpoint. +It was deemed unsafe to do so, since cached data cannot be shared +between the two mountpoints. In consequence, files or directories +that were common to both mountpoint subtrees could often be seen to +be out of sync following an update. +.br +This option allows administrators to select the pre-2.6.18 behaviour, +permitting the same filesystem to be mounted with different mount +options. +.br +.B Beware: +Use of this option is not recommended unless you are certain that there +are no hard links or subtrees of this mountpoint that are mounted +elsewhere. .P All of the non-value options have corresponding nooption forms. For example, nointr means don't allow file operations to be