Re: Loop Devices over NFS don't work?
Alan Cox (alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk)
Thu, 8 Jul 1999 20:05:37 +0100 (BST)
> > You could fall back to read/write in theory. There is an interesting project
> > for you 8)
>
> Really? Think about deadlocks. Both nbd and loop are _evil_. Mount
> sparse file over loopback, then write to both filessytems in heavy way
> to see why. THIS IS NOT EASY.
Note the use of the word "interesting". I think it is quite doable. I don't
think it is at all trivial
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