Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751875AbZG1K1k (ORCPT ); Tue, 28 Jul 2009 06:27:40 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751251AbZG1K1j (ORCPT ); Tue, 28 Jul 2009 06:27:39 -0400 Received: from earthlight.etchedpixels.co.uk ([81.2.110.250]:53174 "EHLO www.etchedpixels.co.uk" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751181AbZG1K1j (ORCPT ); Tue, 28 Jul 2009 06:27:39 -0400 Date: Tue, 28 Jul 2009 11:27:34 +0100 From: Alan Cox To: Zachary Amsden Cc: Tejun Heo , Peter Zijlstra , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, torvalds@linux-foundation.org, axboe@kernel.dk, hch@infradead.org, akpm@linux-foundation.org, Paul.Clements@steeleye.com, tytso@mit.edu, miklos Subject: Re: [PATCH] Allow userspace block device implementation Message-ID: <20090728112734.5a75752d@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> In-Reply-To: <4A6E764E.80805@redhat.com> References: <4A6D79F6.3050509@redhat.com> <1248699365.6987.1628.camel@twins> <20090727142536.465799aa@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> <4A6E529B.9030104@kernel.org> <4A6E764E.80805@redhat.com> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.7.1 (GTK+ 2.14.7; x86_64-redhat-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 621 Lines: 12 > BTW, implementing something like this via FUSE would be extremely > unpleasant. I'd need another layer on top, probably via the loop > device, to get to the actual partitions of the block devices. Use device mapper. Really we should shoot all the partition code in the kernel but the back compatibility is a bit tricky. We don't actually need the partition code any more. -- 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/