On Wed, Jan 25, 2017 at 9:23 AM, Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > > They all have their own set of problems, but the needs of nbd as a network > storage interface seem most closely resemble what we have for other network > related interfaces, where we typically use netlink to do the setup, see e.g. > macvtap as an example for a network chardev interface. But nbd is a virtual block device, first and foremost. That means it is very similar to both loop (Pavel began nbd as a copy of loop, I believe) and device mapper. Also, it uses ioctls for all configuration and administration currently. -- Paul -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-block" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
