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Date: Fri, 23 Mar 2007 00:37:44 +0100
From: "roland" <devzero@....de>
To: <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: max_loop limit
partitions on loop or device-mapper devices ?
you can use kpartx tool for this.
bryn m. reeves told me, that it's probably poissible to create udev rules
that will automatically create partition maps when a new loop device is
setup, which is better than adding partitioning logig into dm-loop for
example.
example:
>kpartx -a /dev/mapper/loop0
>
># ls /dev/mapper/loop0*
>/dev/mapper/loop0 /dev/mapper/loop0p1 /dev/mapper/loop0p2
>/dev/mapper/loop0p3
i have seen a patch for loop.c doing this, though. search the archives for
this
regards
roland
On Thu, Mar 22, 2007 at 02:33:14PM +0000, Al Viro wrote:
> Correction: current ABI is crap. To set the thing up you need to open
> it and issue an ioctl. Which is a bloody bad idea, for obvious reasons...
Agreed. What would be a right way? Global device ala ptmx/tun/tap?
New syscall? Something else?
OG.
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