From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: linux-nfs-owner@vger.kernel.org Received: from mx02.posteo.de ([89.146.194.165]:50455 "EHLO posteo.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751286AbaF3Lk4 (ORCPT ); Mon, 30 Jun 2014 07:40:56 -0400 Message-ID: <53B14CC4.4000803@posteo.de> Date: Mon, 30 Jun 2014 13:40:52 +0200 From: Karl-Philipp Richter MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Anna Schumaker CC: "linux-nfs@vger.kernel.org" Subject: Re: (Follow) sparse file support (development) References: <53B03ED5.6040400@posteo.de> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="upheUEQNIX9RVrGp5S0ms30Uef6eM4B6c" Sender: linux-nfs-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 4880 and 3156) --upheUEQNIX9RVrGp5S0ms30Uef6eM4B6c Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi Anna, Yes you did, thank you! I'd like to recommend you to put this information in the wiki, if you don't want to rely on $SEARCH_ENGINE finding this thread in the mailing list archives only :) Best regards, Kalle Am 30.06.2014 01:39, schrieb Anna Schumaker: > Hi Kalle, >=20 > Currently you can use SEEK_SET to create sparse files through seeking. = NFS > v4.2 (currently in development) will add support for an fallocate > interface, but that won't be merged into Linux until after the draft is= > finished. >=20 > I hope I answered your question! >=20 > Anna >=20 > On Sunday, June 29, 2014, Karl-Philipp Richter wro= te: >=20 >> Hi together, >> I had trouble finding a statement in the NFS wiki >> >> http://wiki.linux-nfs.org/wiki/index.php/Main_Page >> >> about sparse file support or development plans for it outside of (very= >> very) technical documents which I honestly didn't take the time to >> understand. Maybe I can get you to give me short statement on this :).= >> >> Best regards, >> Kalle Richter >> >> >=20 --upheUEQNIX9RVrGp5S0ms30Uef6eM4B6c Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1 Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://www.enigmail.net/ iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJTsUzEAAoJEGadKJ8eJ7ZGBqgH/2ZE+CM8W1E+RofQwsW4/hrg WR8EX8WQF/VbT7G4B1qg2JK8KatcuHTeThU94Df2aBs6zMJ8SjeOyCK63cKl8FoI O3IXJNGdmwPAZzwukzwdAM0+bw6WOTevFpOlufN55uYGpeCQnkuAc86Js4uy80kZ HxuP32BPpPbABJCYW7SGSvyJ7jbSvUNXISiiGT2ilVATdtpq+c/a35ZYtEcCBAL2 aNJgkSw9NbHxR1alP5vKUFkmYSmtI5nuW7jfE8DsYGRn5YMK/UWJRy5sGGLLAQTg pyDWQE9cqKX66mitgJjFG9zIvRzI04iMP24sQOf/VgA80giulioShrJfyMZp250= =7HBy -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --upheUEQNIX9RVrGp5S0ms30Uef6eM4B6c--