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| author | Markus Pargmann <mpa@pengutronix.de> | 2015-04-02 10:11:33 +0200 |
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| committer | Jens Axboe <axboe@fb.com> | 2015-04-02 12:39:13 -0600 |
| commit | ef8d9e7db285ea3d26b13dfeb6762346c95dc0d1 (patch) | |
| tree | e949a0b7f978c0add84ea7c4d84da9efa7354664 /Documentation/blockdev | |
| parent | d31af0a325ca4ff8e57b8616ab2228913df369ad (diff) | |
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Documentation: nbd: Reformat to allow more documentation
Reformat the existing documentation to have more structure. This allows
for more documentation seperated from the existing paragraphs.
Signed-off-by: Markus Pargmann <mpa@pengutronix.de>
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@fb.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/blockdev')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/blockdev/nbd.txt | 34 |
1 files changed, 19 insertions, 15 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/blockdev/nbd.txt b/Documentation/blockdev/nbd.txt index 271e607304da..337946bd460e 100644 --- a/Documentation/blockdev/nbd.txt +++ b/Documentation/blockdev/nbd.txt @@ -1,17 +1,21 @@ - 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. +Network Block Device (TCP version) +================================== - For more information, or to download the nbd-client and nbd-server - tools, go to http://nbd.sf.net/. +1) Overview +----------- - 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. +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. |