Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1757447AbXJaJxd (ORCPT ); Wed, 31 Oct 2007 05:53:33 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1755027AbXJaJxW (ORCPT ); Wed, 31 Oct 2007 05:53:22 -0400 Received: from viefep18-int.chello.at ([213.46.255.22]:23757 "EHLO viefep33-int.chello.at" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753654AbXJaJxV (ORCPT ); Wed, 31 Oct 2007 05:53:21 -0400 Subject: Re: [PATCH 00/33] Swap over NFS -v14 From: Peter Zijlstra To: David Miller Cc: nickpiggin@yahoo.com.au, 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 In-Reply-To: <20071030.213753.126064697.davem@davemloft.net> References: <20071030160401.296770000@chello.nl> <200710311426.33223.nickpiggin@yahoo.com.au> <20071030.213753.126064697.davem@davemloft.net> Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="=-yW7DcZkAyc3tw+pTPoVz" Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2007 10:53:16 +0100 Message-Id: <1193824396.27652.105.camel@twins> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.10.1 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1300 Lines: 39 --=-yW7DcZkAyc3tw+pTPoVz Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Tue, 2007-10-30 at 21:37 -0700, David Miller wrote: > From: Nick Piggin > Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2007 14:26:32 +1100 >=20 > > 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? >=20 > 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. Not quite, yes, iSCSI is also on the 'want' list of quite a few people, but swap over NFS on its own is also a feature of great demand. --=-yW7DcZkAyc3tw+pTPoVz Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQBHKFCMXA2jU0ANEf4RAnCYAJ9EShZNc2aAigDfV05aRlrTBUws0wCeLutM XGe5bBLDF8SxDFeM890dEoY= =66ee -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-yW7DcZkAyc3tw+pTPoVz-- - 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/