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Subject: Re: Is doing mount -u -o udp useful for you on an NFS mount?
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On 01/25/2012 20:01, Rick Macklem wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Using a "mount -u" to change from TCP to UDP for an
> NFS mount is somewhat broken for both NFS clients.
> To make it work correctly is not trivial.
> 
> As such, I'd like to find out if anyone needs this
> capability? (Note, I am not talking about UDP mounts
> in general, just the case of switching a TCP mount to
> a UDP mount without doing an unmount/mount.)

Personally I couldn't imagine a scenario where I would do this even if
someone told me it was supposed to work. :)


Doug

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