Andrew,

here are two nbd patches to apply to 2.5.74-mm2 after two of the
previous patches (from Lou Langholtz) are reverted:

nbd-ioctl-compat.patch  (patch 6)
nbd-locking-fixes.patch (patch 7)

I'm fine with leaving the first 5 patches of his in there.


The two attached patches are:

1) nbd-remove_open_release.diff - remove the unneeded nbd_open and
nbd_release functions

2) nbd-block_layer_compat.diff - ensure that nbd and the block layer
agree about device block sizes and total device sizes

and should be applied in this order.

Thanks,
Paul