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Date: Wed, 25 Jun 2003 00:19:50 -0700
From: Andrew Morton <akpm@digeo.com>
To: Lou Langholtz <ldl@aros.net>
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Subject: Re: [RFC][PATCH] nbd driver for 2.5+: fix locking issues with ioctl
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Lou Langholtz <ldl@aros.net> wrote:
>
> That said, this seems like an opportunistic time to further break 
>  compatibility with the existing nbd-client user tool and  do away with 
>  the problematic components of the ioctl user interface.

Is a suitably modified userspace tool available?