> That's right, the nfs filesystem does not support the bmap() method.
> So loop devices will not work over NFS. I'm not sure that it's
> possible to implement a bmap method for a network filesystem, to be
> honest.
Oh, in that case shouldn't losetup fail with an error?
Also, is it really necessary to have bmap to do loop devices? Couldn't
some sort of alternate mechanism be used?
Thanks,
Jason
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