On Thu, Mar 22, 2007 at 02:42:31PM +0100, Jens Axboe wrote: > But this still wastes memory, why not just allocate each loop device > dynamically when it is set up? The current approach is crap, it is just > wasting memory for loop devices, queues, etc.
Correction: current ABI is crap. To set the thing up you need to open it and issue an ioctl. Which is a bloody bad idea, for obvious reasons... - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/