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From: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de>
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On Wed, 18 Feb 2004 13:45:58 +0000
Joe Thornber <thornber@redhat.com> wrote:

> On Thu, Feb 19, 2004 at 07:37:34AM +0100, Andi Kleen wrote:
> > Supporting metadata can be quite simple - e.g. a standard header on the first blocks that
> > has a length and a number of records with unique IDs. And the kernel driver would need
> > to skip over these headers.
> 
> The target already takes an offset into the device, so you have what you want.

Ok fine. The only requirement would be compatible IVs then.

-Andi