Re: [dm-devel] device mapper integrated loops - and one more year !

["David Guyon Martin" <david guyonmartin gmail com>]

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 ?

David G.M.