linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 00/33] Swap over NFS -v14

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Message-Id: <20071030.213753.126064697.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Tue, 30 Oct 2007 21:37:53 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	nickpiggin@...oo.com.au
Cc:	a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl, torvalds@...ux-foundation.org,
	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-mm@...ck.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	trond.myklebust@....uio.no
Subject: Re: [PATCH 00/33] Swap over NFS -v14

From: Nick Piggin <nickpiggin@...oo.com.au>
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.
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