Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753946AbXJaEiL (ORCPT ); Wed, 31 Oct 2007 00:38:11 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1752508AbXJaEhz (ORCPT ); Wed, 31 Oct 2007 00:37:55 -0400 Received: from 74-93-104-97-Washington.hfc.comcastbusiness.net ([74.93.104.97]:46659 "EHLO sunset.davemloft.net" rhost-flags-OK-FAIL-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751943AbXJaEhy (ORCPT ); Wed, 31 Oct 2007 00:37:54 -0400 Date: Tue, 30 Oct 2007 21:37:53 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <20071030.213753.126064697.davem@davemloft.net> To: nickpiggin@yahoo.com.au Cc: a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl, torvalds@linux-foundation.org, akpm@linux-foundation.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-mm@kvack.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org, trond.myklebust@fys.uio.no Subject: Re: [PATCH 00/33] Swap over NFS -v14 From: David Miller In-Reply-To: <200710311426.33223.nickpiggin@yahoo.com.au> References: <20071030160401.296770000@chello.nl> <200710311426.33223.nickpiggin@yahoo.com.au> X-Mailer: Mew version 5.2 on Emacs 22.1 / Mule 5.0 (SAKAKI) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 622 Lines: 15 From: Nick Piggin Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2007 14:26:32 +1100 > Is it really worth all the added complexity of making swap > over NFS files work, given that you could use a network block > device instead? Don't be misled. Swapping over NFS is just a scarecrow for the seemingly real impetus behind these changes which is network storage stuff like iSCSI. - 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/