network block device server (nbdd)

[Pavel Machek]

Hi!

> > > It would be of interest to get comments and criticism.
> >
> > the most obvious question is whether this permits diskless machines
> > to swap.  that, in turn, depends on whether the client can cooperate
> > with potential allocations by the network to avoid deadlock.
> 
> The nbdd kernel server supports using the exported block device as a
> swap device
> by the nbd client.  For instructions on howto setup swapping over
> a nbd client I'll refer to the nbd client homepage,
> http://atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz/~pavel/nbd/nbd.html
> Remember that the nbd client is started (and in some respects run) by a
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No. Once client initializes connection, it does syscall that never
returns. nbd client is done completely in kernel except for connection
setup.
								Pavel


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