Re: [Nbd] Error reading initial password when exporting /dev/video0
- To: Hans de Bruin <bruinjm@...64...>
- Cc: nbd-general@lists.sourceforge.net
- Subject: Re: [Nbd] Error reading initial password when exporting /dev/video0
- From: Wouter Verhelst <wouter@...3...>
- Date: Tue, 6 Sep 2005 12:20:51 +0200
- Message-id: <20050906102051.GF4703@...39...>
- In-reply-to: <431C96B2.9080700@...64...>
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On Mon, Sep 05, 2005 at 09:04:18PM +0200, Hans de Bruin wrote:
> Wouter Verhelst wrote:
> >On Mon, Sep 05, 2005 at 08:26:45PM +0200, Hans de Bruin wrote:
> >
> >>I am trying to export /dev/video0, which won't work. The server starts,
> >>but the client complains about reading an initialpassword. I can export
> >>a normal file. Both client and server where run as root.
> >
> >How large is /dev/video0?
> >
> Beyond verry big. Its an endless mpg stream from an tv encoder card
Ah, I see.
NBD does not support that; it assumes a file or block device with fixed
size. Patches to fix that are welcome.
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