Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1755357AbYH0J73 (ORCPT ); Wed, 27 Aug 2008 05:59:29 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1753524AbYH0J7U (ORCPT ); Wed, 27 Aug 2008 05:59:20 -0400 Received: from one.firstfloor.org ([213.235.205.2]:39263 "EHLO one.firstfloor.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753237AbYH0J7U (ORCPT ); Wed, 27 Aug 2008 05:59:20 -0400 Date: Wed, 27 Aug 2008 12:01:47 +0200 From: Andi Kleen To: David Newall Cc: Andi Kleen , jassi brar , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: An idea .... with code Message-ID: <20080827100147.GS26610@one.firstfloor.org> References: <87tzd89oap.fsf@basil.nowhere.org> <348573.4171.qm@web33204.mail.mud.yahoo.com> <20080827074751.GO26610@one.firstfloor.org> <48B52506.6060205@davidnewall.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <48B52506.6060205@davidnewall.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 628 Lines: 19 On Wed, Aug 27, 2008 at 07:27:26PM +0930, David Newall wrote: > 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. kpartx does those for loop devices already. -Andi -- ak@linux.intel.com -- 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/