[...] >> >> Compare that to NFS, which uses mount which is included in well every >> distro I can think of. That's a big difference. Also let's face it, NFS >> has been the essential de facto goto tool to access remote storage for a >> long time. Personally, I'd rather see the NFS code split out of the >> *_fs.c backend, but I don't have the desire/time to do it - so it stays >> as is. > > But netfs pool type is not only for NFS, it also can be used to provide > cifs and FUSE glusterfs mounts. These three just as vstorage have very > little difference from local filesystems from pool POV after they are > mounted that's why I guess they implemented so tightly. >
Sure and they all pass through virStorageBackendFileSystemMount in order to MOUNT something essentially via the mount command and usage of specific qualifiers. Which differs from using VSTORAGE_MOUNT a utility not provided on every distro AFAIK. John -- libvir-list mailing list libvir-list@redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/libvir-list
