Re: [MiNT] Loopback device for MiNT, request for comments

[Standa Opichal <opichals@seznam.cz>]

Hi!

Well, Frank probably thought that it is not possible to mount a 
filesystem over a block device at the moment. But the work is in 
progress. So please, don't give up.

Regards

STanda


Evan Langlois wrote:
> On Wed, 2005-05-04 at 17:26 +0200, Patrice Mandin wrote:
>
>
> > > > If not, how can I access the kernel_* functions from a xdd ?
> > >
> > > You are right, they are only exported to the new style kernel
> > > interface  (not the old one as still used by xfs/xdd). Anyway, before
> > > you can write a  loopback driver we require block device support in
> > > the kernel too.
> >
> > Even putting the loop device in the core kernel (like /kern, /shm,
> > etc...) would not work without this block device ? So, I'm stuck with my
> > idea, no loopback device for MiNT.
>
>
> MiNT probably needs a block device driver eventually.  We may even be
> able to gain a slight speed improvement.  However, doing it right might
> require a certain integration with the as-yet-unwritten virtual address
> space / virtual-memory system.