On Aug 8, 2012, at 10:46 AM, Bryn M. Reeves <bmr@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 08/08/2012 03:33 PM, Matt Coleman wrote: >> I just tried (unsuccessfully) to apply the dm-loop patches to kernel >> 3.2.0. dm-bio-list-helpers.patch failed to apply because > > Out of interest, what features where you particularly interested in in > dm-loop today? The original motivation was performance and to break the > limit on the maximum number of loop devices (both of which are now > somewhat less of a problem for the main loop driver) so the main benefit > today seems to be to have loopback support as a native dm target > (avoiding the need for two block devices to use loop files). I was looking to remove the limit on maximum number of loop devices. I wasn't aware that had changed. Was the limit entirely lifted, or is there a new higher limit? When did that change occur (which kernel version)? -- dm-devel mailing list dm-devel@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/dm-devel
