I can't see myself hacking that right now, as it would likely entail
quite a bit of new code. The current loop driver is pretty simple - it
basically re-directs block requests. Working on character devices
seems like a whole new ballgame to me.
I think I'll draw the line at a loop for root feature edition, as I don't
want to sit on this code forever :-) After releasing the new loop driver,
there are other parts of the kernel I want to work on...not to mention
that I still have to finish of the PnP stuff I started a year (more?) ago,
and some final twiddling of the XFree86 Matrox Millennium server, and...
the list goes on and on.
-- Andrew E. Mileski mailto:aem@netcom.ca