[klibc] nfs MNT include cleanup

[Chuck Lever]

On Aug 18, 2009, at 8:44 AM, maximilian attems wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 18, 2009 at 08:45:49AM -0400, Chuck Lever wrote:
>>
>> However, the kernel has its own NFS mount client (the piece that
>> handles rpcbind query and obtaining the root file handle), and you  
>> can
>> pass a C string of mount options to the kernel with mount(2).   
>> Perhaps
>> in the long term, you might consider replacing the specialized code  
>> in
>> klibc with simply passing the server, export path, and mount options
>> right to the kernel and let it do the work.  This should work with  
>> any
>> kernel later than 2.6.23.
>>
>> I'm happy to help with any questions.
>
> sounds good indeed.
> a quick one: can it do nfs v4 mounts?

Yes, in fact.  Set the file system type to "nfs4" instead of "nfs"  
when invoking mount(2).

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