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Commit d1aa0825 authored by Chuck Lever's avatar Chuck Lever Committed by Trond Myklebust
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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: default avatarChuck Lever <chuck.lever@oracle.com>
Signed-off-by: default avatarTrond Myklebust <Trond.Myklebust@netapp.com>
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