From: Chuck Lever Date: Mon, 23 Jun 2008 16:36:45 +0000 (-0400) Subject: NFS: Support raw IPv6 address hostnames during NFS mount operation X-Git-Tag: v2.6.27-rc1~1052^2~1^2~24 X-Git-Url: http://git.openpandora.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=d1aa08257312f1439c1ab7c8a18e3856f9530f46;p=pandora-kernel.git NFS: Support raw IPv6 address hostnames during NFS mount operation Traditionally the mount command has looked for a ":" to separate the server's hostname from the export path in the mounted on device name, like this: mount server:/export /mounted/on/dir The server's hostname is "server" and the export path is "/export". You can also substitute a specific IPv4 network address for the server hostname, like this: mount 192.168.0.55:/export /mounted/on/dir Raw IPv6 addresses present a problem, however, because they look something like this: fe80::200:5aff:fe00:30b Note the use of colons. To get around the presence of colons, copy the Solaris convention used for mounting IPv6 servers by address: wrap a raw IPv6 address with square brackets. Signed-off-by: Chuck Lever Signed-off-by: Trond Myklebust --- Reading git-diff-tree failed