From owner-freebsd-geom@freebsd.org Tue Jul 12 05:18:05 2016 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-geom@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 479E7B9299D for ; Tue, 12 Jul 2016 05:18:05 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from etnapierala@gmail.com) Received: from mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (unknown [127.0.1.3]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 25F261E86 for ; Tue, 12 Jul 2016 05:18:05 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from etnapierala@gmail.com) Received: by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) id 21761B9299C; Tue, 12 Jul 2016 05:18:05 +0000 (UTC) Delivered-To: geom@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2116DB9299B for ; Tue, 12 Jul 2016 05:18:05 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from etnapierala@gmail.com) Received: from mail-wm0-x230.google.com (mail-wm0-x230.google.com [IPv6:2a00:1450:400c:c09::230]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id A94681E84; Tue, 12 Jul 2016 05:18:04 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from etnapierala@gmail.com) Received: by mail-wm0-x230.google.com with SMTP id f126so113825536wma.1; Mon, 11 Jul 2016 22:18:04 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=sender:date:from:to:cc:subject:message-id:references:mime-version :content-disposition:in-reply-to:user-agent; bh=DNn28YkBasm0BhWjEdPlemFLTk07pqS0qXH88d22GbA=; b=DUhi8tlcPgX8+zzYq7nhZvQyAPTL8qDcHOIkt/a1uvmLhVSC9AJpgEpIyGyemtHRpQ pZPsVtyrjLv18hWz4sHTK7PtTyqbPW+NRDnCsbkagpmKmDrNWdMq1giYlMPKLuLg+l4D oxkKOZ/IoGVVgem9XX2Q/nLF1MtGlDYzV3sDqbbOgk3B+XlDM+MVpCjWPFxVrCvy/6TM Ws7xeArSXgVXHO7g2UPNi/R3h7+h3cKaL4aGLWHwcm5QvJ25hMghvu/BHoNkm3LE5GCz 0seCoE2YwpgZGXIm5WglFR5IaeOkgHa8CIQCeDLXtCAiDVnfJFIM+iRAqZssHaVXv82u McXw== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20130820; h=x-gm-message-state:sender:date:from:to:cc:subject:message-id :references:mime-version:content-disposition:in-reply-to:user-agent; bh=DNn28YkBasm0BhWjEdPlemFLTk07pqS0qXH88d22GbA=; b=FLC9/5k2aW71QW+IsG5FDXa1lT3OX9sYGtHyqDWRnry9goAK13mxp3AXI8EsB00K5r j27e/JaUbRrQR42i/eS+w3AcmrMIR6f8Jw11aEpGfoAjlF81Q7jZmaX39ZgdvmuKV3XM 1lX+WiANKlHirxr0Hms4wKkaQ1zngBEHaJhs3m2MGYcCA/Po/+sPyPl9gnmIkKI2SaGB 8oP2zvi+ksXSEJ5ZMvKJCBytKqMbWeXUGFvxDfEvPKlCRP5CD+QFv1fLSZigweQhczGi 99JX1GvSkPJSEVKFRp6HCiG48eDSC44NMClJS7DUC7Ig+pWRPYERTSAF/qS9oaQfAinl 8Tnw== X-Gm-Message-State: ALyK8tLXYnaDjQqs0E4ISUYRW1aD6+GDeHfi0jxTma4tHak74eNzQ3YLLjkMMmiR4FO2XQ== X-Received: by 10.28.104.137 with SMTP id d131mr1074219wmc.7.1468300682657; Mon, 11 Jul 2016 22:18:02 -0700 (PDT) Received: from brick (aegp192.neoplus.adsl.tpnet.pl. [79.186.171.192]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id q69sm26388349wmd.4.2016.07.11.22.18.01 (version=TLS1_2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128/128); Mon, 11 Jul 2016 22:18:02 -0700 (PDT) Sender: =?UTF-8?Q?Edward_Tomasz_Napiera=C5=82a?= Date: Tue, 12 Jul 2016 07:17:59 +0200 From: Edward Tomasz =?utf-8?Q?Napiera=C5=82a?= To: Lev Serebryakov Cc: geom@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Linux NBD protocol support in ggatec? Message-ID: <20160712051759.GB1218@brick> References: <786674de-95da-3010-4412-59da26d8207b@FreeBSD.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <786674de-95da-3010-4412-59da26d8207b@FreeBSD.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.6.1 (2016-04-27) X-BeenThere: freebsd-geom@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.22 Precedence: list List-Id: GEOM-specific discussions and implementations List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 12 Jul 2016 05:18:05 -0000 On 0711T1544, Lev Serebryakov wrote: > > Is here any work to support Linux NBD in ggatec? > > Here is interesting hosting provider www.scaleway.com, which provide > very cheap bare-metal servers (and ARM/64 ones, too, which is, IMHO, > very interesting!), but all storage is attached via NBD, so FreeBSD is > not supported. > > It could be interesting to have NBD client in FreeBSD (we have server > in ports). Or perhaps someone could ask them why are they using what seems to be an obsolete proprietary protocol instead of something modern. Maybe it's just a workaround for some trivial Linux-specific problem, and they could provide an alternative for other systems?