Re: What is Backing device used for?

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On Sun, Dec 4, 2011 at 9:50 PM, Mulyadi Santosa <mulyadi.santosa@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Sun, Dec 4, 2011 at 18:22, loody <miloody@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Dear all:
> Is there any document which explain what "backing device" used for?

such as "backing block device" in caching?

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Backing device in linux is a block device. 

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Rohan Puri
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