From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S263997AbTGOGzI (ORCPT ); Tue, 15 Jul 2003 02:55:08 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S264039AbTGOGzI (ORCPT ); Tue, 15 Jul 2003 02:55:08 -0400 Received: from ns.avalon.ru ([195.209.229.227]:36439 "EHLO smtp.avalon.ru") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S263997AbTGOGzG convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Tue, 15 Jul 2003 02:55:06 -0400 content-class: urn:content-classes:message MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT Subject: Partitioned loop device.. X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft Exchange V6.0.6249.0 Date: Tue, 15 Jul 2003 11:10:45 +0400 Message-ID: X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: Thread-Topic: Partitioned loop device.. Thread-Index: AcNKoDYS/Tjw0E9QQL6ghxeWBjRT2A== From: "Dimitry V. Ketov" To: Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Hello, Is there any (un)official patch for current stable (or development) kernel that makes loop device partitioned? I found one on the ftp://ftp.hq.nasa.gov/pub/ig/ccd/enhanced_loopback/ (it contains port of Scyld's partition enhancements), but it seems still needs a fix. In general I plan to use partitioned loop device to simulate real disks in linux labs, possibly with a help from Stephen Tweedie's testdrive fault simulator. I just wonder if partitionable/faultable loop device planned in the future official kernels, or it will be better to write a separate 'simulated disk' driver??? Thanks in advance, Dimitry.