Re: [Nbd] [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 3/1] doc: Propose Structured Replies extension
- To: Wouter Verhelst <w@...112...>
- Cc: "nbd-general@lists.sourceforge.net" <nbd-general@lists.sourceforge.net>, Eric Blake <eblake@...696...>, "qemu-devel@...530..." <qemu-devel@...530...>
- Subject: Re: [Nbd] [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 3/1] doc: Propose Structured Replies extension
- From: Alex Bligh <alex@...872...>
- Date: Tue, 29 Mar 2016 19:09:07 +0100
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On 29 Mar 2016, at 19:03, Wouter Verhelst <w@...112...> wrote:
> There are other ways to handle that; e.g., the server could have a
> "request too large for non-fragmented read" error message. The spec
> should give a minimum size that the server MUST support (which should be
> reasonably large), and should state that a server MAY reply to any
> request with DF set for a block larger than that minimum, with that
> error.
Yeah something like that. Or the server could simply publish this
as part of the option negotiation.
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Alex Bligh
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