SDLOOP(3)SDLOOP(3)

NAME

sdloop – loopback storage device interface

SYNOPSIS

bind -a #S /dev echo config switch on spec l type loop/path[!sectsize] >/dev/sdctl

/dev/sdl0/ctl /dev/sdl0/raw /dev/sdl0/data ...

DESCRIPTION

Sdloop allows a file to be used as a sd device. To configure /tmp/data as sdl0: with a 1024-byte sector size

 

echo config switch on spec l type loop//tmp/data!1024 >/dev/sdctl

To turn this device off,

 

echo config switch off spec l >/dev/sdctl

The configuration variable loopdev may be specified in plan9.ini(8) to configure a loopback sd device at boot. For example

 

loopdev=l!/tmp/data!1024

SOURCE

/sys/src/9/port/sdloop.c

SEE

sd(3), sdaoe(3), partfs(8)

BUGS

Maybe.