Messages in this thread | | | From | "Andrew E. Mileski" <> | Subject | Re: Loop Encryption | Date | Wed, 11 Jun 1997 20:16:30 -0400 (EDT) |
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> While you're on the subject of new features, is there any hope of allowing > a loopback device onto /dev/mem (Yes the _character_ the device) or an > equlivent ? > > It was one of the most obvious things to try for >1.2.13 when I wanted > to put a swap file onto the slow memory in an old 386...
I can't see myself hacking that right now, as it would likely entail quite a bit of new code. The current loop driver is pretty simple - it basically re-directs block requests. Working on character devices seems like a whole new ballgame to me.
I think I'll draw the line at a loop for root feature edition, as I don't want to sit on this code forever :-) After releasing the new loop driver, there are other parts of the kernel I want to work on...not to mention that I still have to finish of the PnP stuff I started a year (more?) ago, and some final twiddling of the XFree86 Matrox Millennium server, and... the list goes on and on.
-- Andrew E. Mileski mailto:aem@netcom.ca
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