Re: Swap device vs Swap file

[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]

 



Hi!

On 01:52 Sun 26 Oct     , Mulyadi Santosa wrote:
> Hi...
> 
> On Sat, Oct 25, 2008 at 4:05 PM, Michael Blizek
> > A swap device cannot exist over NFS. You can only have a swap device file
> > which points to a local block device. But there is a thing called "network
> > block device" which can to such a thing.
> 
> uhm, probably you should read :
> 
> http://kerneltrap.org/Linux/Swap_Over_NFS

Are you sure this was merged? The thread does not say so and I have not found
it in the kernelnewbies changelogs.

They were not talking about swap (block) devices over NFS. They were talking
about swap files over NFS. My text was probably a bit misleading...
	-Michi
-- 
programing a layer 3+4 network protocol for mesh networks
see http://michaelblizek.twilightparadox.com


--
To unsubscribe from this list: send an email with
"unsubscribe kernelnewbies" to ecartis@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Please read the FAQ at http://kernelnewbies.org/FAQ


[Index of Archives]     [Newbies FAQ]     [Linux Kernel Mentors]     [Linux Kernel Development]     [IETF Annouce]     [Git]     [Networking]     [Security]     [Bugtraq]     [Yosemite]     [MIPS Linux]     [ARM Linux]     [Linux RAID]     [Linux SCSI]     [Linux ACPI]
  Powered by Linux