Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1754270AbYJVNvw (ORCPT ); Wed, 22 Oct 2008 09:51:52 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1752069AbYJVNvo (ORCPT ); Wed, 22 Oct 2008 09:51:44 -0400 Received: from poesci.dolphinics.no ([81.175.23.36]:44114 "EHLO poesci.dolphinics.no" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751874AbYJVNvn (ORCPT ); Wed, 22 Oct 2008 09:51:43 -0400 Message-ID: <48FF2FE6.2000802@dolphinics.no> Date: Wed, 22 Oct 2008 15:51:34 +0200 From: Simen Thoresen User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.17 (Macintosh/20080914) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: File as generic block-device? References: <48FF2304.8070301@dolphinics.no> <20081022133313.GA26243@piper.oerlikon.madduck.net> In-Reply-To: <20081022133313.GA26243@piper.oerlikon.madduck.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 748 Lines: 24 martin f krafft wrote: > also sprach Simen Thoresen [2008.10.22.1456 +0200]: >> accept a file as a block-device, but I have found no such function >> for mdadm, and am thus asking for a kernel-internal way to >> re-plug a file into the block-device layer. > > I suggest you search the web first. > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loopback_disk_device Thank you - I missed googling for the absolutely obvious. Sigh. -S -- Simen Thoresen - Dolphin ICS Systems Administrator -- 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/