Re: [PATCH 00/33] Swap over NFS -v14

[David Miller]

From: Nick Piggin <nickpiggin@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2007 14:26:32 +1100

> Is it really worth all the added complexity of making swap
> over NFS files work, given that you could use a network block
> device instead?

Don't be misled.  Swapping over NFS is just a scarecrow for the
seemingly real impetus behind these changes which is network storage
stuff like iSCSI.
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