subject:"\[Qemu\-block\] \[Nbd\] \[PATCH\] proto\: add 'shift' extension."

Re: [Qemu-block] [Nbd] [PATCH] proto: add 'shift' extension.

2016-09-27 Thread Alex Bligh

> On 27 Sep 2016, at 00:41, Wouter Verhelst wrote: > > Thoughts? Honestly? This whole thing seems like complication for little gain. One command per 2GB wiped doesn't seem like a bad thing. -- Alex Bligh

Re: [Qemu-block] [Nbd] [PATCH] proto: add 'shift' extension.

2016-09-26 Thread Wouter Verhelst

On Mon, Sep 26, 2016 at 03:21:46PM -0500, Eric Blake wrote: > I'd much rather support a single flag that says to zero the entire disk > than to introduce stateful variable-amount shifting. That's almost exactly the opposite of what I said :) Now, I don't feel very strong either way, but what