From 802a490b392314fff8f8cd383e37a0cc236b5231 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: yoe Date: Wed, 17 Oct 2007 09:52:50 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] r290: Reword a troublesome sentence, and document the sdp support --- nbd-client.8.sgml | 8 ++++++++ nbd-server.5.sgml | 29 +++++++++++++++++++++++++---- 2 files changed, 33 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/nbd-client.8.sgml b/nbd-client.8.sgml index 7e18e8b..c5bc30d 100644 --- a/nbd-client.8.sgml +++ b/nbd-client.8.sgml @@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ manpage.1: manpage.sgml + -sdp @@ -118,6 +119,13 @@ manpage.1: manpage.sgml + + + Connect to the server using the Socket Direct Protocol + (SDP), rather than IP. See nbd-server(1) for details. + + + Specifies that this NBD device will be used as diff --git a/nbd-server.5.sgml b/nbd-server.5.sgml index d38adc5..fea56cf 100644 --- a/nbd-server.5.sgml +++ b/nbd-server.5.sgml @@ -63,10 +63,10 @@ manpage.1: manpage.sgml &dhpackage; allows to configure the nbd-server. - The default configuration file is - @sysconfdir@/nbd-server/config, but this - can be varied with the option to - nbd-server(1). + While + @sysconfdir@/nbd-server/config is the default + configuration file, this can be varied with the + option to nbd-server(1). The configuration file consists of section header lines, comment @@ -312,6 +312,27 @@ manpage.1: manpage.sgml + + + Optional; boolean. + + When this option is enabled, nbd-server + will use the Socket Direct Protocol (SDP) to serve the + export, rather than just IP. This is faster, but requires + special hardware (usually something like InfiniBand) and + support in the kernel. + + + Additionally, support for this option must be enabled at + compile time, using the option + to the configure script. If this option + is found in a configuration file and + nbd-server does not have support for SDP, + then nbd-server will exit with an error + message. + + Optional; boolean. -- 1.7.10.4