either in the kernel, or as a module, you can connect to an NBD
server and use its exported file through a block special file with
major mode 43.</para>
-
+
</refsect1>
<refsect1>
<title>OPTIONS</title>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
+ <term><option>timeout=<replaceable>seconds</replaceable></option></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>Set the connection timeout to "seconds". For this to
+ work, you need a kernel with support for the NBD_SET_TIMEOUT
+ ioctl; this was introduced into Linus' tree on 2007-10-11,
+ and will be part of kernel 2.6.24.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
<term><option>port</option></term>
<listitem>
<para>The TCP port on which <command>nbd-server</command> is
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
+ <term>-d</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>Disconnect the specified nbd device from the
+ server</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>-persist</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>When this option is specified, &dhpackage; will
+ immediately try to reconnect an nbd device if the
+ connection ever drops unexpectedly due to a lost
+ server or something similar.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
<term><option>-sdp</option></term>
<listitem>
<para>Connect to the server using the Socket Direct Protocol