Can gd2 take a directory as requirement (instead of 'add-device') for loopback bricks?

[amarts]

Observed behavior

Device registration often fails in container world. Specifically when I am trying to run in minikube etc.

Expected/desired behavior

Considering we now have 'loopback' brick support, all we need is a directory as an argument. With that, gd2 has no dependency on devices.

Other useful information

This will be really useful for GD2 to succeed on different filesystem and other eco-systems where people doesn't use LVM and XFS.

Also helps us in GCS world.

[amarts]

@oshankkumar @aravindavk @kshlm @Madhu-1 @atinmu @JohnStrunk @kotreshhr @poornimag

[aravindavk]

It is already available in Gd2 API, If ProvisionerType=loop specified during add device then it expects directory instead of raw device. We need to change this in gcs deployment where it adds devices.