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author | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2015-04-16 22:05:27 -0400 |
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committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2015-04-16 22:05:27 -0400 |
commit | a39ef1a7c6093bbd4e0a8197350b99cd635e5446 (patch) | |
tree | 5a19d1d1f289c52be72710f1d7cd954c830964f6 /Documentation | |
parent | d82312c80860b8b83cd4473ac6eafd244e712061 (diff) | |
parent | 976f2ab4985a1dbe3f3f0777ce01d4fdb404c62a (diff) |
Merge branch 'for-4.1/drivers' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux-block
Pull block driver updates from Jens Axboe:
"This is the block driver pull request for 4.1. As with the core bits,
this is a relatively slow round. This pull request contains:
- Various fixes and cleanups for NVMe, from Alexey Khoroshilov, Chong
Yuan, myself, Keith Busch, and Murali Iyer.
- Documentation and code cleanups for nbd from Markus Pargmann.
- Change of brd maintainer to me, from Ross Zwisler. At least the
email doesn't bounce anymore then.
- Two xen-blkback fixes from Tao Chen"
* 'for-4.1/drivers' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux-block: (23 commits)
NVMe: Meta data handling through submit io ioctl
NVMe: Add translation for block limits
NVMe: Remove check for null
NVMe: Fix error handling of class_create("nvme")
xen-blkback: define pr_fmt macro to avoid the duplication of DRV_PFX
xen-blkback: enlarge the array size of blkback name
nbd: Return error pointer directly
nbd: Return error code directly
nbd: Remove fixme that was already fixed
nbd: Restructure debugging prints
nbd: Fix device bytesize type
nbd: Replace kthread_create with kthread_run
nbd: Remove kernel internal header
Documentation: nbd: Add list of module parameters
Documentation: nbd: Reformat to allow more documentation
NVMe: increase depth of admin queue
nvme: Fix PRP list calculation for non-4k system page size
NVMe: Fix blk-mq hot cpu notification
NVMe: embedded iod mask cleanup
NVMe: Freeze admin queue on device failure
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Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/blockdev/nbd.txt | 48 |
1 files changed, 31 insertions, 17 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/blockdev/nbd.txt b/Documentation/blockdev/nbd.txt index 271e607304da..db242ea2bce8 100644 --- a/Documentation/blockdev/nbd.txt +++ b/Documentation/blockdev/nbd.txt @@ -1,17 +1,31 @@ - Network Block Device (TCP version) - - What is it: With this compiled in the kernel (or as a module), Linux - can use a remote server as one of its block devices. So every time - the client computer wants to read, e.g., /dev/nb0, it sends a - request over TCP to the server, which will reply with the data read. - This can be used for stations with low disk space (or even diskless) - to borrow disk space from another computer. - Unlike NFS, it is possible to put any filesystem on it, etc. - - For more information, or to download the nbd-client and nbd-server - tools, go to http://nbd.sf.net/. - - The nbd kernel module need only be installed on the client - system, as the nbd-server is completely in userspace. In fact, - the nbd-server has been successfully ported to other operating - systems, including Windows. +Network Block Device (TCP version) +================================== + +1) Overview +----------- + +What is it: With this compiled in the kernel (or as a module), Linux +can use a remote server as one of its block devices. So every time +the client computer wants to read, e.g., /dev/nb0, it sends a +request over TCP to the server, which will reply with the data read. +This can be used for stations with low disk space (or even diskless) +to borrow disk space from another computer. +Unlike NFS, it is possible to put any filesystem on it, etc. + +For more information, or to download the nbd-client and nbd-server +tools, go to http://nbd.sf.net/. + +The nbd kernel module need only be installed on the client +system, as the nbd-server is completely in userspace. In fact, +the nbd-server has been successfully ported to other operating +systems, including Windows. + +A) NBD parameters +----------------- + +max_part + Number of partitions per device (default: 0). + +nbds_max + Number of block devices that should be initialized (default: 16). + |