also sprach Simen Thoresen <simentt@dolphinics.no> [2008.10.22.1456 +0200]:
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> accept a file as a block-device, but I have found no such function
> for  mdadm, and am thus asking for a kernel-internal way to
> re-plug a file  into the block-device layer.

I suggest you search the web first.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loopback_disk_device

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