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Date: Thu, 18 Apr 2002 13:39:01 -0700 (PDT)
From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@transmeta.com>
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On Thu, 18 Apr 2002, Pavel Machek wrote:
> 
> > Btw, while I'm at it - who out there actually uses the new "enbd"
> > (Enhanced NBD)? I have this feeling that that would be the better choice,
> > since unlike plain nbd it should be deadlock-free on localhost (ie you
> > don't need a remote machine).
> 
> How does eNBD manage to do that? It was pretty hard last time I
> checked...

Don't ask me, I'm not a user, I have just seen the patch submissions, and
I just want to get real user feedback before I'd merge a new "extended
nbd".

So far I haven't heard anything from any actual users..

		Linus

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