Re: eNBD on loopback [was Re: [PATCH] 2.5.8 IDE 36]

From: Linus Torvalds (torvalds@transmeta.com)
Date: Thu Apr 18 2002 - 15:39:01 EST


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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