Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S263688AbTIHX2t (ORCPT ); Mon, 8 Sep 2003 19:28:49 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S263717AbTIHX2t (ORCPT ); Mon, 8 Sep 2003 19:28:49 -0400 Received: from gprs145-40.eurotel.cz ([160.218.145.40]:4999 "EHLO amd.ucw.cz") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S263688AbTIHX2s (ORCPT ); Mon, 8 Sep 2003 19:28:48 -0400 Date: Tue, 9 Sep 2003 01:28:25 +0200 From: Pavel Machek To: Sven =?iso-8859-1?Q?K=F6hler?= Cc: Paul Clements , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [NBD] patch and documentation Message-ID: <20030908232824.GH429@elf.ucw.cz> References: <3F5CB554.5040507@upb.de> <20030908193838.GA435@elf.ucw.cz> <3F5CE0E5.A5A08A91@SteelEye.com> <3F5CE3E6.8070201@upb.de> <3F5CF045.DDDE475C@SteelEye.com> <3F5CFF0B.6080609@upb.de> <20030908222111.GG429@elf.ucw.cz> <3F5D0186.4030001@upb.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <3F5D0186.4030001@upb.de> X-Warning: Reading this can be dangerous to your mental health. User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.3i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 901 Lines: 24 Hi! > >>Another idea would be to be abled to specify the max_sectors while > >>connecting an NBD. That would add an optional paramter to the nbd-client > >>command line. (like it is possible for the blocksize) > > > >I do not see why it should be configurable... > > We may regret to use a certain value, although i agree that 1MB should > be sufficient for the future. I believe that 1MB is good, and good enough for close future. If that ever proves to be problem, we can add handshake at that point. But I do not believe it will be neccessary. Pavel -- When do you have a heart between your knees? [Johanka's followup: and *two* hearts?] - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/