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See http://www.infradead.org/rpr.html X-Mimecast-Impersonation-Protect: Policy=CLT - Impersonation Protection Definition; Similar Internal Domain=false; Similar Monitored External Domain=false; Custom External Domain=false; Mimecast External Domain=false; Newly Observed Domain=false; Internal User Name=false; Custom Display Name List=false; Reply-to Address Mismatch=false; Targeted Threat Dictionary=false; Mimecast Threat Dictionary=false; Custom Threat Dictionary=false X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.79 on 10.11.54.5 X-loop: dm-devel@redhat.com Cc: snitzer@redhat.com, corbet@lwn.net, kernel-team@android.com, Palmer Dabbelt , linux-doc@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-raid@vger.kernel.org, song@kernel.org, dm-devel@redhat.com, linux-kselftest@vger.kernel.org, shuah@kernel.org, agk@redhat.com Subject: Re: [dm-devel] [PATCH v1 0/5] dm: dm-user: New target that proxies BIOs to userspace X-BeenThere: dm-devel@redhat.com X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.12 Precedence: junk List-Id: device-mapper development List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: dm-devel-bounces@redhat.com Errors-To: dm-devel-bounces@redhat.com X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.79 on 10.5.11.13 Authentication-Results: relay.mimecast.com; auth=pass smtp.auth=CUSA124A263 smtp.mailfrom=dm-devel-bounces@redhat.com X-Mimecast-Spam-Score: 0 X-Mimecast-Originator: redhat.com Content-Disposition: inline Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit What is the advantage over simply using nbd? -- dm-devel mailing list dm-devel@redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/dm-devel