do we support using a file as logdev?

Wengang Wang wen.gang.wang at oracle.com
Tue Apr 20 11:09:06 CDT 2010


On 10-04-20 17:27, Iustin Pop wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 20, 2010 at 10:36:56PM +0800, Wengang Wang wrote:
> > Hi experts,
> > 
> > Do we support using a file as log device?
> > If no, it's strange that we support running xfs on a file but don't support log
> > file.
> 
> Have you tried using losetup and passing the loop device instead?

Yes, that's a workaround.

regards,
wengang.




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