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DateTue, 30 Oct 2007 21:37:53 -0700 (PDT)
SubjectRe: [PATCH 00/33] Swap over NFS -v14
FromDavid Miller <>
From: Nick Piggin <nickpiggin@yahoo.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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