diff -Naur linux-2.4.20-dm-10/drivers/md/Config.in linux-2.4.20-evms-2.0.0/drivers/md/Config.in
--- linux-2.4.20-dm-10/drivers/md/Config.in	Fri Mar 21 15:59:19 2003
+++ linux-2.4.20-evms-2.0.0/drivers/md/Config.in	Fri Mar 21 15:58:58 2003
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 if [ "$CONFIG_EXPERIMENTAL" = "y" ]; then
    dep_tristate ' Device-mapper support (EXPERIMENTAL)' CONFIG_BLK_DEV_DM $CONFIG_MD
    dep_tristate '   Bad Block Relocation Device Target' CONFIG_BLK_DEV_DM_BBR $CONFIG_BLK_DEV_DM
+   dep_tristate '   Sparse Device Target' CONFIG_BLK_DEV_DM_SPARSE $CONFIG_BLK_DEV_DM
 fi
 
 endmenu
diff -Naur linux-2.4.20-dm-10/drivers/md/Makefile linux-2.4.20-evms-2.0.0/drivers/md/Makefile
--- linux-2.4.20-dm-10/drivers/md/Makefile	Fri Mar 21 15:59:19 2003
+++ linux-2.4.20-evms-2.0.0/drivers/md/Makefile	Fri Mar 21 15:58:58 2003
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 obj-$(CONFIG_BLK_DEV_LVM)	+= lvm-mod.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_BLK_DEV_DM)	+= dm-mod.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_BLK_DEV_DM_BBR)	+= dm-bbr.o dm-io.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_BLK_DEV_DM_SPARSE)	+= dm-sparse.o dm-io.o
 
 include $(TOPDIR)/Rules.make
 
diff -Naur linux-2.4.20-dm-10/drivers/md/dm-sparse.c linux-2.4.20-evms-2.0.0/drivers/md/dm-sparse.c
--- linux-2.4.20-dm-10/drivers/md/dm-sparse.c	Wed Dec 31 18:00:00 1969
+++ linux-2.4.20-evms-2.0.0/drivers/md/dm-sparse.c	Fri Mar 21 15:58:58 2003
@@ -0,0 +1,713 @@
+/* -*- linux-c -*- */
+
+/*
+ *   Copyright (c) International Business Machines  Corp., 2002
+ *
+ *   This program is free software;  you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ *   it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ *   the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+ *   (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ *   This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ *   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY;  without even the implied warranty of
+ *   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See
+ *   the GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ *   You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ *   along with this program;  if not, write to the Free Software
+ *   Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
+ *
+ * linux/drivers/md/dm-sparse.c
+ *
+ * Sparse target for device-mapper.
+ *
+ * This target provides the ability to create a sparse device. This 
+ * allows a device to pretend to be larger than it really is.
+ */
+
+#include "dm.h"
+#include "syncio.h"
+
+#include <linux/module.h>
+#include <linux/init.h>
+#include <linux/blkdev.h>
+#include <linux/slab.h>
+#include <linux/mempool.h>
+#include <linux/vmalloc.h>
+
+#define MAX_HASH_CHAIN_ENTRIES 10
+#define NAME_SIZE 127
+
+/* Sparse Ioctl
+   device
+   start
+   chunk_size
+   chunks
+ */
+
+// Entries in the sparse remapping structure
+struct sparse_hash_entry {
+    u64 org_chunk; // Chunk number, not LBA.
+    u64 sparse_chunk; // Chunk number, not LBA.
+    struct sparse_hash_entry * next;
+    struct sparse_hash_entry * prev;
+};
+
+//Private data structure
+struct sparse_volume {
+    struct dm_dev *dev;
+    struct sync_io_handle *syncio_handle;
+    struct rw_semaphore sparse_semaphore;
+    struct sparse_hash_entry ** sparse_map; // Hash table of remappings
+    struct sparse_hash_entry * free_hash_list;
+    kmem_cache_t * hash_slab;
+    mempool_t * hash_pool;
+    u32 chunk_size;	// Sectors.
+    u32 chunk_shift; // Shift value for chunk size.
+    u32 num_chunks;	// In this volume.
+    u32 next_cow_entry; // Index into current COW table.
+    u64 current_cow_sector;	// LOGICAL sector of current COW table.
+    u32 next_free_chunk; // Index of next free chunk (not LBA!).
+    u32 hash_table_size; // Size of the hash table for the remap.
+    u64 start;
+    u64 cow_table[64]; // One sector's worth of COW tables.
+};
+
+/*************************** OLD SERVICES ****************************/
+
+/* computes log base 2 of value */
+inline int log2(u32 value) //ok to change to u32?
+{
+    int result = -1;
+    long tmp;              //ok to change to long?
+    
+    if (value) {
+	tmp = value;
+	result++;
+	while (!(tmp & 1)) {
+	    result++;
+	    tmp >>= 1;
+	}
+	if (tmp != 1) {
+	    result = -2;
+	}
+    }
+    return result;
+}
+
+/********************************* Functions *********************************/
+
+/***************************** Hash Functions *****************************/
+
+/* Take and initialize from the free hash list */
+static struct sparse_hash_entry * 
+allocate_sparse_hash_entry( struct sparse_volume * volume,	
+			    u64 org_chunk,
+			    u64 sparse_chunk )
+{
+    struct sparse_hash_entry * hash_entry;
+    
+	hash_entry = volume->free_hash_list;
+	if ( hash_entry ) { //should always be the case b/c preallocate these
+	    volume->free_hash_list = hash_entry->next;
+	    hash_entry->org_chunk = org_chunk;
+	    hash_entry->sparse_chunk = sparse_chunk;
+	    hash_entry->next = NULL;
+	    hash_entry->prev = NULL;
+	}
+	
+	return hash_entry;
+}
+
+/*
+ *	This function inserts a new entry into a sparse hash chain, immediately
+ *	following the specified entry. This function should not be used to add
+ *	an entry into an empty list, or as the first entry in an existing list.
+ *	For that case, use insert_sparse_map_entry_at_head().
+ */
+static int insert_sparse_hash_entry( struct sparse_hash_entry * entry,
+				     struct sparse_hash_entry * base )
+{
+	entry->next = base->next;
+	entry->prev = base;
+	base->next = entry;
+	if ( entry->next ) {
+		entry->next->prev = entry;
+	}
+	return 0;
+}
+
+/*
+ *	This function inserts a new entry into a sparse chain as the first
+ *	entry in the chain.
+ */
+static int insert_sparse_hash_entry_at_head( struct sparse_hash_entry * entry,
+					     struct sparse_hash_entry ** head )
+{
+	entry->next = *head;
+	entry->prev = NULL;
+	*head = entry;
+	if ( entry->next ) {
+	    entry->next->prev = entry;
+	}
+	return 0;
+}
+
+/*
+ *	Delete all items in a single chain in the hash table.
+ */
+static int delete_sparse_hash_chain( struct sparse_volume * vol, 
+				     struct sparse_hash_entry * head )
+{
+    struct sparse_hash_entry * next;
+    
+    while ( head ) {
+	next = head->next;
+	mempool_free( head, vol->hash_pool );
+	head = next;
+    }
+    return 0;
+}
+
+/*
+ *	This function will search the hash chain that is anchored at the
+ *	specified head pointer. If the chunk number is found, a pointer to that
+ *	entry in the chain is set, and a 1 is returned. If the chunk is not
+ *	found, a pointer to the previous entry is set and 0 is returned. If the
+ *	return pointer is NULL, this means either the list is empty, or the
+ *	specified sector should become the first list item.
+ */
+static int search_sparse_hash_chain( u64 chunk,
+				     struct sparse_hash_entry * head,
+				     struct sparse_hash_entry ** result )
+{
+    struct sparse_hash_entry * curr = head;
+    struct sparse_hash_entry * prev = head;
+    while ( curr && curr->org_chunk < chunk ) {
+	prev = curr;
+	curr = curr->next;
+    }
+    if (!curr) { // Either an empty chain or went off the end of the chain.
+	*result = prev;
+	return 0;
+    }
+    else if ( curr->org_chunk != chunk ) {
+	*result = curr->prev;
+	return 0;
+    }
+    else {
+	*result = curr;
+	return 1;
+    }
+}
+
+/*
+ *	This function takes a cow table entry (from the on-disk data), and
+ *	converts it into an appropriate entry for the sparse map, and
+ *	inserts it into the appropriate map for the specified volume.
+ */
+static int add_cow_entry_to_sparse_map( u64 org_chunk,
+					u64 sparse_chunk,
+					struct sparse_volume * volume )
+{
+    struct sparse_hash_entry * new_entry;
+    struct sparse_hash_entry * target_entry;
+    u32 hash_value;
+    int rc = -EINVAL;
+
+    new_entry = allocate_sparse_hash_entry(volume, org_chunk, sparse_chunk);
+    if (!new_entry) {
+	return -ENOMEM;
+    }
+    
+    hash_value = (long)org_chunk % volume->hash_table_size;
+    
+    if (! search_sparse_hash_chain( org_chunk, 
+				    volume->sparse_map[hash_value], 
+				    &target_entry ) ) {	
+	//should always take this path
+
+	if ( target_entry ) {
+	    insert_sparse_hash_entry( new_entry, target_entry );
+	}
+	else {
+	    insert_sparse_hash_entry_at_head
+		( new_entry, &(volume->sparse_map[hash_value]) );
+	}
+	rc = 0;
+    }
+    return rc;
+}
+
+/*
+ *	Construct the initial hash table state based on 
+ *	existing COW tables on the disk.
+ */
+static int build_sparse_maps(struct sparse_volume * volume)
+{
+    int rc = 0, done = 0;
+    struct sync_io_job job;
+  
+    while (!done) {
+	
+	// Read in one sector's worth of COW tables.
+	    job.handle = volume->syncio_handle;
+	    job.dev = volume->dev->dev;
+	    job.rw = 0;
+	    job.start_lsn = volume->current_cow_sector;
+	    job.num_lsns = 1;
+	    job.data = volume->cow_table;
+	if ( sync_io(&job) ) {
+	    return -EIO;
+	}
+
+	// Translate every valid COW table entry into
+	// a sparse map entry.
+	for ( volume->next_cow_entry = 0;
+
+	      volume->next_cow_entry < (SECTOR_SIZE/sizeof(u64)) &&
+		  volume->cow_table[volume->next_cow_entry] != 
+		  0xffffffffffffffff;
+
+	      volume->next_cow_entry++, volume->next_free_chunk++ ) {
+
+	    if ( (rc = add_cow_entry_to_sparse_map
+		  ( le64_to_cpu( volume->cow_table[volume->next_cow_entry] ),
+		    volume->next_free_chunk, volume ))) {
+		return( rc );
+	    }
+	}
+	// Move on to the next sector if necessary.
+	if ( volume->next_cow_entry == (SECTOR_SIZE/sizeof(u64)) ) {
+	    volume->current_cow_sector++;
+	}
+	else {
+	    done = 1;
+	}
+    }
+    return 0;
+}
+
+/************************* Other Functions ************************/
+
+/*
+ * Function: sparse_remap_chunk
+ *
+ *	This function performs a sector remap on a sparse volume. This should
+ *	be called from the I/O path, It first determines the base sector
+ *	of the chunk containing the specified sector, and saves the remainder.
+ *	Then it performs a search through the sparse map for the specified 
+ *	volume. If a match is found, the sector number is changed to the new 
+ *	value. If no match is found, the value is left the same, meaning the 
+ *	chunk has not been remapped.
+ */
+static int sparse_remap_chunk( struct sparse_volume * sparse_volume,
+			       u64 * sector )
+{
+    struct sparse_hash_entry * result;
+    u64 chunk;
+    u32 hash_value;
+    u32 remainder;
+    int rc = 1;
+    
+    down_read(&sparse_volume->sparse_semaphore);
+    
+    remainder = *sector & (u64)(sparse_volume->chunk_size - 1);
+    chunk = *sector >> sparse_volume->chunk_shift;
+    hash_value = ((u32)chunk) % sparse_volume->hash_table_size;
+    
+    if ( search_sparse_hash_chain( chunk, 
+				   sparse_volume->sparse_map[hash_value], 
+				   &result) ) {
+	*sector = ( result->sparse_chunk << sparse_volume->chunk_shift ) 
+	    + remainder;
+	rc =  0;
+    }
+    up_read(&sparse_volume->sparse_semaphore);
+    return rc;
+}
+
+/* Function: sparse_cow_write
+ *
+ *	Check this sparse node to see if the given sector/chunk has been
+ *	remapped yet. If it hasn't, create a new hash table entry, update the
+ *	in-memory COW table, write the COW table to disk.
+ */
+
+static int sparse_cow_write( struct sparse_volume * sparse_volume,
+			     u64 * sector )
+{
+    struct sparse_hash_entry * target_entry, * new_map_entry;
+    struct sync_io_job job;
+    char * cow = NULL;
+    u64 chunk;
+    u32 hash_value = 0;
+    u32 remainder;
+    int rc;
+    
+    down_write(&sparse_volume->sparse_semaphore);
+    
+    remainder = *sector & (u64)(sparse_volume->chunk_size - 1);
+    chunk = *sector >> sparse_volume->chunk_shift;
+    hash_value = ((u32)chunk) % sparse_volume->hash_table_size;
+    
+    if ( search_sparse_hash_chain( chunk, 
+				   sparse_volume->sparse_map[hash_value], 
+				   &target_entry) ) {
+	*sector = 
+	    ( target_entry->sparse_chunk << sparse_volume->chunk_shift ) 
+	    + remainder;
+	rc = 0;
+	goto out;
+    }
+    
+    // Is there enough room left on this sparse to remap this chunk?
+    if ( sparse_volume->next_free_chunk >= sparse_volume->num_chunks ) {
+	DMERR("dm-sparse: full no new remaps allowed\n");
+	rc = -ENOSPC;
+	goto out;
+    }
+    
+    // Create and initialize a new hash table entry for the new remap.
+    new_map_entry = allocate_sparse_hash_entry
+	(sparse_volume, chunk, sparse_volume->next_free_chunk);
+    if ( ! new_map_entry ) {
+	// Can't get memory for map entry. Disable this sparse.
+	DMERR("dm-sparse: memory error allocating hash entry\n");
+	rc = -ENOMEM;
+	goto out;
+    }
+    
+    //Always write cow table so its safe
+    cow = kmalloc( SECTOR_SIZE, GFP_KERNEL );
+    if (! cow ) {
+	// Can't get I/O buffer. Disable this sparse.
+	DMERR("dm-sparse: memory error allocating COW table buffer");
+	rc = -ENOMEM;
+	goto out;	
+    }
+
+    // Add the entry to the hash table.
+    if ( target_entry ) {	
+	insert_sparse_hash_entry( new_map_entry, target_entry );
+    }
+    else {
+	insert_sparse_hash_entry_at_head
+	    ( new_map_entry, 
+	      &(sparse_volume->sparse_map[hash_value]) );
+    }
+    
+    sparse_volume->next_free_chunk++;
+    
+    // Update the appropriate entry in the COW table. 
+    sparse_volume->cow_table[sparse_volume->next_cow_entry] = 
+	cpu_to_le64(chunk);
+    sparse_volume->next_cow_entry++;
+    
+    memcpy(cow, sparse_volume->cow_table, SECTOR_SIZE);
+
+    //because of ordering issues needs to be synchronous
+    job.handle = sparse_volume->syncio_handle;
+    job.dev = sparse_volume->dev->dev;
+    job.rw = 1;
+    job.start_lsn = sparse_volume->current_cow_sector;
+    job.num_lsns = 1;
+    job.data = (void*)cow;
+    sync_io(&job);
+    
+    // Update the in-memory COW table values.
+    if ( sparse_volume->next_cow_entry >= (SECTOR_SIZE/sizeof(u64)) )
+	{
+	    sparse_volume->next_cow_entry = 0;
+	    sparse_volume->current_cow_sector++;
+	    memset(sparse_volume->cow_table, 0xff, SECTOR_SIZE);
+	}
+    
+    *sector = ( new_map_entry->sparse_chunk << sparse_volume->chunk_shift )
+	+ remainder;
+    
+    rc = 0;
+    
+ out:
+    up_write(&sparse_volume->sparse_semaphore);
+    if ( cow ) {
+	kfree( cow );
+    }
+
+    return rc;
+}
+
+/************************ EXPORT FUNCTIONS ************************/
+
+/*
+ * Function: sparse_dtr
+ */
+static void sparse_dtr( struct dm_target *ti )
+{
+    struct sparse_volume * vol = (struct sparse_volume *)ti->private;
+    int i;
+
+    if (vol) {
+
+	if (vol->sparse_map) {
+	    for ( i = 0; i < vol->hash_table_size; i++ ) {
+		delete_sparse_hash_chain( vol, vol->sparse_map[i] );
+	    }
+	    delete_sparse_hash_chain( vol, vol->free_hash_list );
+	    vfree(vol->sparse_map);
+	}
+
+	if (vol->hash_pool)
+	    mempool_destroy(vol->hash_pool);
+	
+	if (vol->hash_slab) 
+	    kmem_cache_destroy(vol->hash_slab);
+
+	dm_put_device(ti, vol->dev);
+
+	if (vol->syncio_handle)
+		sync_io_cleanup(vol->syncio_handle);
+    
+	kfree( vol );
+    }
+}
+
+/*
+ * Function: sparse_ctr
+ */
+static int sparse_ctr( struct dm_target *ti, int argc, char** argv )
+{
+    int i, rc = -EINVAL;
+    struct sparse_hash_entry *new_entry;
+    struct sparse_volume *vol;
+    struct dm_dev *dev;
+    u32 chunk_size, chunks;
+    u64 start;
+    char* end, slab_name[NAME_SIZE+1];
+
+    if ( argc != 4 ) {
+	ti->error="dm-sparse: wrong number of arguments";
+	return rc;
+    }
+
+    start = simple_strtoull(argv[1], &end, 10);
+    if (*end) {
+	ti->error="dm-sparse: Invalid first chunk lba";
+	return rc;
+    }
+
+    chunk_size = simple_strtoul(argv[2], &end, 10);    
+    if (*end) {
+	ti->error="dm-sparse: Invalid chunk_size";
+	return rc;
+    }
+
+    chunks = simple_strtoul(argv[3], &end, 10);
+    if (*end) {
+	ti->error="dm-sparse: Invalid number of chunks";
+	return rc;
+    }
+
+    DMWARN("dm-sparse: %llu %u %u\n", start, chunk_size, chunks );
+
+    if ( dm_get_device( ti, argv[0], ti->begin, start + chunks * chunk_size,
+			dm_table_get_mode(ti->table), &dev ) ) {
+	ti->error = "dm-sparse: Device lookup failed";
+	return rc;
+    }
+    
+    rc = -ENOMEM;
+
+    vol = kmalloc(sizeof(struct sparse_volume), GFP_KERNEL);
+    if ( !vol ) {
+	ti->error = "dm-sparse: Memory allocation for private-data failed";
+	goto out;
+    }
+
+    memset( vol, 0, sizeof(struct sparse_volume) );
+
+    strcpy(slab_name, "sparse-syncio-");
+    strcat(slab_name, ti->type->name);
+    if (sync_io_setup(&vol->syncio_handle, slab_name)) {
+	    ti->error = "dm-sparse: failed to initialize syncio";
+	    sparse_dtr(ti);
+	    return rc;
+    }
+    
+    // Initialize
+    vol->chunk_size = chunk_size;
+    vol->chunk_shift = log2(chunk_size);
+    vol->num_chunks = chunks;
+    vol->current_cow_sector = 1;
+    vol->hash_table_size = chunks / MAX_HASH_CHAIN_ENTRIES + 1;
+    vol->start = start;
+    vol->dev = dev;
+    init_rwsem(&vol->sparse_semaphore);
+
+    strcpy(slab_name, "sparse-");
+    strcat(slab_name, ti->type->name);
+    vol->hash_slab = kmem_cache_create(slab_name,
+				       sizeof(struct sparse_hash_entry),
+				       0, SLAB_HWCACHE_ALIGN,
+				       NULL, NULL);
+    if ( ! vol->hash_slab ) {
+	ti->error = "dm-sparse: memory allocation error in hash slab create";
+	sparse_dtr(ti);
+	return rc;
+    }
+    vol->hash_pool = mempool_create(1, mempool_alloc_slab,
+				    mempool_free_slab,
+				    vol->hash_slab);    
+    if ( ! vol->hash_pool ) {
+	ti->error = "dm-sparse: memory allocation error in hash pool create";
+	sparse_dtr(ti);
+	return rc;
+    }
+
+    // Sparse hash table
+    vol->sparse_map = vmalloc( vol->hash_table_size * 
+			       sizeof( struct sparse_hash_entry * ) );
+    if ( ! vol->sparse_map ) {
+	ti->error = "dm-sparse: Memory allocation error in sparse_map create";
+	sparse_dtr(ti);
+	return rc;
+    }
+
+    memset( vol->sparse_map, 0, vol->hash_table_size * 
+	    sizeof( struct sparse_hash_entry * ) );
+    
+    for ( i = 0; i < chunks; i++ ) {
+
+	new_entry = mempool_alloc(vol->hash_pool, GFP_KERNEL );
+	if ( ! new_entry ) {
+	    ti->error="dm-sparse: memory allocation error in hash table setup";
+	    sparse_dtr(ti);
+	    return rc;
+	}
+
+	new_entry->next = vol->free_hash_list;
+	vol->free_hash_list = new_entry;
+    }
+    
+    rc = build_sparse_maps(vol);
+    if (rc) {
+	ti->error = "dm-sparse: error building hash tables";
+	sparse_dtr(ti);
+	return rc;
+    }
+
+    ti->private = vol;
+    return rc;
+
+ out:
+    dm_put_device(ti, dev);
+    return rc;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Function: sparse_map
+ */
+static int sparse_map( struct dm_target * ti, struct buffer_head * bh, int rw,
+		       void **map_context )
+{
+    struct sparse_volume * volume = (struct sparse_volume*)ti->private;
+    u64 sector = bh->b_rsector;
+    int rc;
+
+
+
+    // Check if this sector has been remapped
+    rc = sparse_remap_chunk( volume, &sector );
+    
+    if ( rc < 0 ) { //Error
+	bh->b_end_io(bh, 0);
+	return rc;
+    }
+    
+    if ( rc == 0 ) { // Remapped I/O : read or write same logic
+	bh->b_rsector = volume->start + sector;
+	bh->b_rdev = volume->dev->dev;
+	return 1;
+    }
+    
+    // ( Previously )Un-mapped:	read / write different logic
+    
+    if ( rw ) { //write :
+	rc = sparse_cow_write( volume, &sector );
+	
+	if ( rc < 0 ) { //Error
+	    bh->b_end_io(bh, 0);
+	    return rc;
+	}		    
+	//Send write on
+	bh->b_rsector = volume->start + sector;
+	bh->b_rdev = volume->dev->dev;
+	return 1;
+    }
+    
+    //Reading something that was never written 
+    //return zeros and indicate complete
+    memset(bh->b_data, 0x0, bh->b_size);
+    bh->b_end_io(bh, 1);
+    return 0;
+}
+
+static int sparse_status( struct dm_target *ti, status_type_t type, 
+			  char *result, int maxlen )
+{
+    struct sparse_volume * vol = (struct sparse_volume * )ti->private;
+    
+    switch(type) {
+
+    case STATUSTYPE_INFO:
+	snprintf( result, maxlen, "%d%%", 
+		  ( vol->next_free_chunk * 100 ) / vol->num_chunks );	
+	break;
+	
+    case STATUSTYPE_TABLE:
+	snprintf( result, maxlen, "%s %Lu %u %u", 
+		  kdevname(to_kdev_t(vol->dev->bdev->bd_dev)), vol->start, 
+		  vol->chunk_size, vol->num_chunks ); 
+	break;
+
+    default:
+	break;
+    }
+    
+    return 0;
+}
+
+/****************** FUNCTION TABLE **********************/
+
+static struct target_type sparse_target = {
+    .name = "sparse",
+    .module = THIS_MODULE,
+    .ctr = sparse_ctr,
+    .dtr = sparse_dtr,
+    .map = sparse_map,
+    .status = sparse_status,
+};
+
+/********************* REGISTRATION *****************/
+
+int __init sparse_init(void)
+{
+    int rc = dm_register_target(&sparse_target);
+
+    if ( rc < 0 )
+	DMWARN("sparse target registration failed");
+
+    return rc;
+}
+
+void __exit sparse_exit(void)
+{
+    if (dm_unregister_target(&sparse_target) )
+	DMWARN("sparse target unregistration failed");
+
+    return;
+}
+
+module_init(sparse_init);
+module_exit(sparse_exit);
+MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
