Re: dynamic partitions

Andrew E. Mileski (aem@netcom.ca)
Sun, 18 May 1997 15:34:37 -0400 (EDT)


> For now the `loop' device already supports "offset" option but "size"
> is determined in drivers/block/loop.c/figure_loop_size() automagically.
> When the size option will be added to `loop', you can losetup /dev/hda
> to /dev/loop0 appropriately. The only problem remains the ugly
> drivers/block/loop.c/transfer_none()/memcpy().

As I'm working on the loop driver now, could everyone please let me know
_exactly_ what they want. Thanks.

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