+const char *nfs_get_server(struct nfs_context *nfs);
+const char *nfs_get_export(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);
+int rpc_set_udp_destination(struct rpc_context *rpc, char *addr, int port, int is_broadcast);
+struct rpc_context *rpc_init_udp_context(void);
+struct sockaddr *rpc_get_recv_sockaddr(struct rpc_context *rpc);
+
+void rpc_set_autoreconnect(struct rpc_context *rpc);
+void rpc_unset_autoreconnect(struct rpc_context *rpc);
+
+int rpc_add_fragment(struct rpc_context *rpc, char *data, uint64_t size);
+void rpc_free_all_fragments(struct rpc_context *rpc);