Re: [PATCH] pass NFS protocol version from "mount" command 2.2.x/2.3.x

Pavel Machek (pavel@bug.ucw.cz)
Sun, 25 Jul 1999 10:58:07 +0200


Hi!

> The attached patch is required so that the kernel
> can talk to NFS servers running a version of NFS
> besides 2. It does not look as though version 3
> support is complete in the kernel, but this patch
> (or something similar) will be required eventually.

NFS version 3 support has already been done.

> Unlike 2.0.x, 2.2.x and 2.3.x validate
> the version passed from "mount", so I have also
> added version 100 in the kernel, so I can test
> NFS version 2 server implementations without
> interfering with standard NFS servers.

While you are at hacking it, it might be nice to add option to mount
from non-standard port. (Imagine you want to run two differnet nfs
servers on one machine and select which one to mount.)

Pavel

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