[Xen-devel] Re: [PATCH 0 of 6] dm-userspace xen integration patches

[Dan Smith <danms@xxxxxxxxxx>]

RG> Our main focus here is really block devices, such as LVMS, nbd,
RG> iSCSI.  We do support file-backed images as an experimental
RG> feature and encourage using it with care since there are some
RG> potential issues with the current loop driver.

I think that in the past dm-userspace has been compared to blktap as a
competing method for providing cow support for image files.  While we
do support files with the existing loop driver, we are currently
most concerned with providing cow support against native block
devices.

-- 
Dan Smith
IBM Linux Technology Center
Open Hypervisor Team
email: danms@xxxxxxxxxx

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