Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1763840AbYCFL1Z (ORCPT ); Thu, 6 Mar 2008 06:27:25 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1758797AbYCFL1S (ORCPT ); Thu, 6 Mar 2008 06:27:18 -0500 Received: from ecfrec.frec.bull.fr ([129.183.4.8]:59980 "EHLO ecfrec.frec.bull.fr" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753453AbYCFL1R (ORCPT ); Thu, 6 Mar 2008 06:27:17 -0500 Subject: Re: [PATCH] Modify loop device to be able to manage partitions of the disk image From: Laurent Vivier To: Nick Piggin Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <200803062156.58230.nickpiggin@yahoo.com.au> References: <1204796612842-git-send-email-Laurent.Vivier@bull.net> <200803062057.50181.nickpiggin@yahoo.com.au> <1204798585.4325.8.camel@frecb07144> <200803062156.58230.nickpiggin@yahoo.com.au> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Organization: Bull S.A.S. Date: Thu, 06 Mar 2008 12:29:38 +0100 Message-Id: <1204802978.4325.11.camel@frecb07144> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.12.3 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1006 Lines: 27 Le jeudi 06 mars 2008 à 21:56 +1100, Nick Piggin a écrit : > On Thursday 06 March 2008 21:16, Laurent Vivier wrote: > > Le jeudi 06 mars 2008 à 20:57 +1100, Nick Piggin a écrit : > > > > Do you think we do something similar for drivers/block/brd.c too? I'd > > > like to try to maintain parity between them where possible... > > > > I think it is possible (I've the same patch for NBD too), but I think > > it is completely useless. > > It's useful for testing, and for minimising the divergence in the > code. OK, I can try to submit a patch, if you want... Laurent -- ----------------- Laurent.Vivier@bull.net ------------------ "Programmers who subconsciously view themselves as artists will enjoy what they do and will do it better." D. Knuth -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/