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authortrhodes <trhodes@FreeBSD.org>2005-12-25 10:36:30 +0000
committertrhodes <trhodes@FreeBSD.org>2005-12-25 10:36:30 +0000
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Kill the BUGS section, and remove a similar line noted under -T. As far
as I know, Sun's NFS support works with TCP just fine. This is even hinted at in the PR. PR: 71782
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diff --git a/sbin/mount_nfs/mount_nfs.8 b/sbin/mount_nfs/mount_nfs.8
index 9aef035..ce07e13a 100644
--- a/sbin/mount_nfs/mount_nfs.8
+++ b/sbin/mount_nfs/mount_nfs.8
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
.\" @(#)mount_nfs.8 8.3 (Berkeley) 3/29/95
.\" $FreeBSD$
.\"
-.Dd May 11, 2003
+.Dd December 25, 2005
.Dt MOUNT_NFS 8
.Os
.Sh NAME
@@ -143,9 +143,8 @@ There is a 60 second delay between each attempt.
Use TCP transport instead of UDP.
This is recommended for servers that are not on the same LAN cable as
the client.
-(NB: This is NOT supported by most
-.No non- Ns Bx
-servers.)
+Not all NFS servers support this method, especially older ones,
+caution should be observed in these cases.
.It Fl U
Force the mount protocol to use UDP transport, even for TCP NFS mounts.
(Necessary for some old
@@ -337,13 +336,3 @@ Set the retransmit timeout count for soft mounts to the specified value.
.Xr nfsd 8 ,
.Xr nfsiod 8 ,
.Xr showmount 8
-.Sh BUGS
-Due to the way that Sun RPC is implemented on top of UDP (unreliable datagram)
-transport, tuning such mounts is really a black art that can only be expected
-to have limited success.
-For clients mounting servers that are not on the same
-LAN cable or that tend to be overloaded,
-TCP transport is strongly recommended,
-but unfortunately this is restricted to mostly
-.Bx 4.4
-servers.
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