Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 8 Jul 1999 20:44:37 +0200 | From | Pavel Machek <> | Subject | Re: Loop Devices over NFS don't work? |
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Hi!
> > Oh, in that case shouldn't losetup fail with an error? > > > > Also, is it really necessary to have bmap to do loop devices? Couldn't > > some sort of alternate mechanism be used? > > You could fall back to read/write in theory. There is an interesting project > for you 8)
Really? Think about deadlocks. Both nbd and loop are _evil_. Mount sparse file over loopback, then write to both filessytems in heavy way to see why. THIS IS NOT EASY. Pavel -- The best software in life is free (not shareware)! Pavel GCM d? s-: !g p?:+ au- a--@ w+ v- C++@ UL+++ L++ N++ E++ W--- M- Y- R+
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