From: Simen Thoresen <simentt@dolphinics.no>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: File as generic block-device?
Date: Wed, 22 Oct 2008 15:51:34 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <48FF2FE6.2000802@dolphinics.no> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20081022133313.GA26243@piper.oerlikon.madduck.net>
martin f krafft wrote:
> also sprach Simen Thoresen <simentt@dolphinics.no> [2008.10.22.1456 +0200]:
>> accept a file as a block-device, but I have found no such function
>> for mdadm, and am thus asking for a kernel-internal way to
>> re-plug a file into the block-device layer.
>
> I suggest you search the web first.
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loopback_disk_device
Thank you - I missed googling for the absolutely obvious.
Sigh.
-S
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Simen Thoresen - Dolphin ICS Systems Administrator
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Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2008-10-22 12:56 File as generic block-device? Simen Thoresen
2008-10-22 13:30 ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2008-10-22 13:36 ` Simen Thoresen
2008-10-22 13:33 ` martin f krafft
2008-10-22 13:51 ` Simen Thoresen [this message]
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