From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S263775AbTLXSjf (ORCPT ); Wed, 24 Dec 2003 13:39:35 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S263776AbTLXSjf (ORCPT ); Wed, 24 Dec 2003 13:39:35 -0500 Received: from fep01-mail.bloor.is.net.cable.rogers.com ([66.185.86.71]:55216 "EHLO fep01-mail.bloor.is.net.cable.rogers.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S263775AbTLXSje (ORCPT ); Wed, 24 Dec 2003 13:39:34 -0500 Date: Wed, 24 Dec 2003 13:39:33 -0500 From: Sean Estabrooks To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [NEW FEATURE]Partitions on loop device for 2.6 Message-Id: <20031224133933.2d35158c.seanlkml@rogers.com> In-Reply-To: <200312241341.23523.blaisorblade_spam@yahoo.it> References: <200312241341.23523.blaisorblade_spam@yahoo.it> Organization: X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 0.9.4-gtk2-20030802 (GTK+ 2.2.4; i386-redhat-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Authentication-Info: Submitted using SMTP AUTH LOGIN at fep01-mail.bloor.is.net.cable.rogers.com from [24.103.218.41] using ID at Wed, 24 Dec 2003 13:37:44 -0500 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Wed, 24 Dec 2003 18:20:22 +0100 BlaisorBlade wrote: > NEED: > I have the need to loop mount files containing not plain filesystems, > but whole disk images. > What does your proposed feature add to the kernel that can't be accomplished with the "losetup" command and its offset parameter? Sean