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 config-
ure /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 ALSO
sd(3), sdaoe(3), partfs(8)
BUGS
Maybe.