On 06/21/2013 02:28 PM, Peter Maydell wrote: > On 21 June 2013 19:01, Christopher Covington <cov@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> Anyhow, I just did a quick experiment with 0-size block devices, and they seem >> to work for me, although trying to mount the device yields the confusing >> message, "mount: mounting /dev/vda on mount failed: Invalid argument". > > I'm confused -- what's the significance of zero size > block devices? You were proposing to use a valid/existing MagicValue/Version/VendorID with a special DeviceID that does nothing. I'm saying why not use a valid/existing MagicValue/Version/VendorID/DeviceID with a special parameter setting, size=0, that does nothing? Christopher -- Employee of Qualcomm Innovation Center, Inc. Qualcomm Innovation Center, Inc. is a member of Code Aurora Forum, hosted by the Linux Foundation. _______________________________________________ Virtualization mailing list Virtualization@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/virtualization