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

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Date:	Wed, 31 Oct 2007 10:53:16 +0100
From:	Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>
To:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:	nickpiggin@...oo.com.au, 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

On Tue, 2007-10-30 at 21:37 -0700, David Miller wrote:
> 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.

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.

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