+void rpc_set_error(struct rpc_context *rpc, char *error_string, ...);
+void nfs_set_error(struct nfs_context *nfs, char *error_string, ...);
+
+struct rpc_context *nfs_get_rpc_context(struct nfs_context *nfs);
+
+/* we dont want to expose UDP to normal applications/users this is private to libnfs to use exclusively for broadcast RPC */
+int rpc_bind_udp(struct rpc_context *rpc, char *addr, int port);
+struct rpc_context *rpc_init_udp_context(void);