Re: [Xen-devel] AFS-based VBD backend

[Steve Traugott <stevegt@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, Dec 23, 2004 at 10:56:52AM +0000, Luciano Miguel Ferreira Rocha wrote:
> I was unaware that the 'file' backend used loop devices. The
> documentation doesn't state that.

I had to know, so I went digging for it -- see the 'losetup' commands in
/etc/xen/scripts/block-file -- this setup script is called by the
block() function in /lib/python/xen/xend/Blkctl.py, which is in turn
called by attach() in xend/server/blkif.py, etc. 

Steve
-- 
Stephen G. Traugott  (KG6HDQ)
UNIX/Linux Infrastructure Architect, TerraLuna LLC
stevegt@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
http://www.stevegt.com -- http://Infrastructures.Org


-------------------------------------------------------
SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide
Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real users.
Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start reading now. 
http://productguide.itmanagersjournal.com/
_______________________________________________
Xen-devel mailing list
Xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/xen-devel