Re: [PATCH 0/2] New zoned loop block device driver

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On Wed, Jan 08, 2025 at 10:29:57AM +0800, Ming Lei wrote:
> You can link with libublk or add it to rublk, which supports ramdisk zone
> already, then install rublk from crates.io directly for setup the
> test.

ramdisk are nicely supported in null_blk already.  And rust crates
are a massive pain as they tend to not be packaged nicely.  Exatly
what I do not want to depend on.

> Forking one new loop could add much more pain since you may have to address
> everything we have fixed for loop, please look at 'git log loop'

The biggest problem with the loop driver is the historic baggage in
the user interface. That's side stepped by this driver (and even for
conventional device a loop-ng doing the same might be nice, but that's
a separate story).





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