Re: An idea .... with code

[Bill Davidsen]

jassi brar wrote:
> Hi,
>
>   Lately a question has been bugging me: Why do we keep complicated(specific ioctls to set up and set free) LOOP driver to emulate a data file as block-device, for it to be mounted/formated.
>
>  Wouldn't it be nice if we didnt have to specify '-o loop' or use losetup -d etc?
>
>  With inspiration from UMS-Gadget and LOOP driver itself, I implemented a proof of concept: A kernel module which creats a node in /sys/devices/ and un/loads files to be emulated as block devices. The interface doesn't implement any new ioctls or a syscall.
This seems like a really interesting idea, but will it interface with 
crypto applications like LUKS? Crypto seems to be a vital feature for 
anything related to devices and/or filesystems if an approach is going 
to be more than a niche slution.

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