Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S264117AbUFBUhf (ORCPT ); Wed, 2 Jun 2004 16:37:35 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S264119AbUFBUhe (ORCPT ); Wed, 2 Jun 2004 16:37:34 -0400 Received: from inti.inf.utfsm.cl ([200.1.21.155]:34276 "EHLO inti.inf.utfsm.cl") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S264117AbUFBUhc (ORCPT ); Wed, 2 Jun 2004 16:37:32 -0400 Message-Id: <200406022037.i52KbLuN004947@eeyore.valparaiso.cl> To: "Piszcz, Justin Michael" cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, "Al Piszcz" Subject: Re: How come dd if=/dev/zero of=/nfs/dev/null does not send packets over the network? In-Reply-To: Message from "Piszcz, Justin Michael" of "Wed, 02 Jun 2004 08:04:06 -0400." <5D3C2276FD64424297729EB733ED1F7606243695@email1.mitretek.org> X-Mailer: MH-E 7.4.2; nmh 1.0.4; XEmacs 21.4 (patch 14) Date: Wed, 02 Jun 2004 16:37:21 -0400 From: Horst von Brand Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 765 Lines: 18 "Piszcz, Justin Michael" said: [...] > Instead it treats it as a local block device? Because only the _description_ (inode for device, etc) for /nfs/dev/null are gotten over the net, the actual _device_ is local. -- Dr. Horst H. von Brand User #22616 counter.li.org Departamento de Informatica Fono: +56 32 654431 Universidad Tecnica Federico Santa Maria +56 32 654239 Casilla 110-V, Valparaiso, Chile Fax: +56 32 797513 - 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/