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Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] xen/blkback: Squash the discard support for 'file' and 'phy' type.

To: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@xxxxxxxxxx>
From: Ian Campbell <Ian.Campbell@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2012 08:33:55 +0000
Cc: "axboe@xxxxxxxxx" <axboe@xxxxxxxxx>, "xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" <xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Li Dongyang <lidongyang@xxxxxxxxxx>, "linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" <linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, "JBeulich@xxxxxxxx" <JBeulich@xxxxxxxx>
Delivery-date: Wed, 14 Mar 2012 08:34:33 +0000
List-id: Xen developer discussion <xen-devel.lists.xen.org>

On Tue, 2012-03-13 at 22:52 +0000, Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk wrote:
> The only reason for the distinction was for the special case of
> 'file' (which is assumed to be loopback device)

Not related to this patch but how feasible would it be to make blkback
able to cope with files directly?

Ian.


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