From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Date: Tue, 30 Oct 2007 21:37:53 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <20071030.213753.126064697.davem@davemloft.net> Subject: Re: [PATCH 00/33] Swap over NFS -v14 From: David Miller In-Reply-To: <200710311426.33223.nickpiggin@yahoo.com.au> References: <20071030160401.296770000@chello.nl> <200710311426.33223.nickpiggin@yahoo.com.au> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-linux-mm@kvack.org From: Nick Piggin Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2007 14:26:32 +1100 Return-Path: To: nickpiggin@yahoo.com.au Cc: a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl, torvalds@linux-foundation.org, akpm@linux-foundation.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-mm@kvack.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org, trond.myklebust@fys.uio.no List-ID: > Is it really worth all the added complexity of making swap > over NFS files work, given that you could use a network block > device instead? Don't be misled. Swapping over NFS is just a scarecrow for the seemingly real impetus behind these changes which is network storage stuff like iSCSI. -- To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in the body to majordomo@kvack.org. For more info on Linux MM, see: http://www.linux-mm.org/ . Don't email: email@kvack.org