Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 18 Apr 2002 13:39:01 -0700 (PDT) | From | Linus Torvalds <> | Subject | Re: eNBD on loopback [was Re: [PATCH] 2.5.8 IDE 36] |
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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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