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<p class="MsoNormal">I’m wondering what the “no_device” flag is used for in the block device mappings. I had a dig around in the code but couldn’t figure out why it is there. The name suggests an obvious meaning, but I’ve learnt not to guess too much from names.<o:p></o:p></p>
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