Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1755164AbYH0J5l (ORCPT ); Wed, 27 Aug 2008 05:57:41 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1753638AbYH0J5c (ORCPT ); Wed, 27 Aug 2008 05:57:32 -0400 Received: from hawking.rebel.net.au ([203.20.69.83]:58308 "EHLO hawking.rebel.net.au" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753855AbYH0J5b (ORCPT ); Wed, 27 Aug 2008 05:57:31 -0400 Message-ID: <48B52506.6060205@davidnewall.com> Date: Wed, 27 Aug 2008 19:27:26 +0930 From: David Newall User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.12 (X11/20080227) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Andi Kleen CC: jassi brar , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: An idea .... with code References: <87tzd89oap.fsf@basil.nowhere.org> <348573.4171.qm@web33204.mail.mud.yahoo.com> <20080827074751.GO26610@one.firstfloor.org> In-Reply-To: <20080827074751.GO26610@one.firstfloor.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 478 Lines: 11 Andi Kleen wrote: > I fail to see what your patch generalizes? AFAIK it just adds a new > more narrow (less features than the old one) interface to create loop devices. > AFAYK it adds at least one new feature: partition tables. -- 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/