linux-kernel - Re: nfs4 filesystem mounted via the "bind" option reports wrong fstype

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Date:	Mon, 27 Aug 2007 20:15:07 +0100
From:	Al Viro <viro@....linux.org.uk>
To:	"J. Bruce Fields" <bfields@...ldses.org>
Cc:	Gabriel Barazer <gabriel@...va.fr>, nfsv4@...ux-nfs.org,
	nfs@...ts.sourceforge.net, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	jkar8572@...rs.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: nfs4 filesystem mounted via the "bind" option reports wrong fstype

On Mon, Aug 27, 2007 at 02:40:59PM -0400, J. Bruce Fields wrote:

> There's no reason not to just mount server:/exports/data directly at
> /home/data; the bind mounts are just a workaround for the somewhat
> primitive exports facility on the server side.

Bullshit.  Bindings are first-class operations on _client_, regardless
of fs types involved.
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