diff --git a/sbin/mount_nfs/mount_nfs.8 b/sbin/mount_nfs/mount_nfs.8 --- 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 June 26, 2021 +.Dd July 10, 2021 .Dt MOUNT_NFS 8 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -196,6 +196,25 @@ Override the default of NFS_DEFAULT_NEGNAMETIMEO for the timeout (in seconds) for negative name cache entries. If this is set to 0 it disables negative name caching for the mount point. +.It Cm nconnect Ns = Ns Aq Ar value +Specify the number of TCP connections (1-16) to be used +for an NFS Version 4, minor version 1 or 2 mount. +Multiple TCP connections can provide more client to server network +bandwidth for certain network configurations such as: +.Bd -literal +- Multiple network interfaces that are aggregated together. +- A fast network interface that uses multiple queues. +.Ed +.sp +The first TCP connection will be used for all RPCs that consist +entirely of small RPC messages. +The RPCs that can have large RPC messages (Read/Readdir/Write) are +distributed over the additional TCP connections in a round robin +fashion. +This option will result in more IP port#s being used. +This option requires the +.Cm nfsv4 +option. .It Cm nfsv2 Use the NFS Version 2 protocol (the default is to try version 3 first then version 2). @@ -586,9 +605,31 @@ Same as .Fl o Cm nfsv4 .El +.Sh IMPLEMENTATION NOTES +When neither the +.Cm rsize +nor +.Cm wsize +options are specified, the I/O size will be set to the largest value +supported by both the NFS client and server. +The largest value supported by the NFS client is defined by +the tunable +.Cd vfs.maxbcachebuf +which can be set to a power of two up to +.Cd kern.maxphys . +.Pp +The +.Xr nfsstat 1 +command with the +.Ic -m +command line option will show what +.Nm +option settings are actually in use for the mount. .Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr nfsstat 1 , .Xr nmount 2 , .Xr unmount 2 , +.Xr lagg 4 , .Xr nfsv4 4 , .Xr fstab 5 , .Xr gssd 8 ,