From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jonathan E Brassow Subject: Re: device mapper integrated loops - and one more year ! Date: Mon, 9 Oct 2006 17:36:40 -0500 Message-ID: <950bd3ad1504b8fb03e73b6236a808bc@redhat.com> References: <2c53b31c0610060238nef13171ma6f4a42ba755c3b0@mail.gmail.com> Reply-To: device-mapper development Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v624) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: <2c53b31c0610060238nef13171ma6f4a42ba755c3b0@mail.gmail.com> List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: dm-devel-bounces@redhat.com Errors-To: dm-devel-bounces@redhat.com To: device-mapper development List-Id: dm-devel.ids On Oct 6, 2006, at 4:38 AM, David Guyon Martin wrote: > On Thu, 5 Oct 2006 20:40:05 +0100 Alasdair G Kergon wrote: > >> Something like: >> >> http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/agk/patches/2.6/ >> editing/dm-loop.patch >> now perhaps? > >> (And there are patches for dmsetup to become a drop-in losetup >> replacement.) > > Yes! This patch add a new file to the kernel tree, dm-loop.c: > "This implements a loopback target for device mapper allowing a regular > file to be treated as a block device." > > Great !!! At last :) > It seems this dm-loop is quite new, less than a month... > As I understand it I need kernel 2.6.18-rc7 to use it, right ? > > I really thank you a lot for your quick answer and link. > > Does anyone has yet a feedback about this dm-loop ? > I know Heinz Mauelshagen has been looking at it and already has some performance improvements. Perhaps he'll post the updated patches soon. brassow