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Message-ID: <20080705162902.GA26789@nibiru.local> Date: Sat, 5 Jul 2008 18:29:02 +0200 From: Enrico Weigelt <weigelt@...ux.de> To: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org Subject: Re: block devices in userland * devzero@....de <devzero@....de> wrote: > >is there an API for writing block device drivers in userland ? > > i don`t know if there is some in vanilla, but maybe dm-userspace is worth taking a look at ? > see http://wiki.xensource.com/xenwiki/DmUserspace hmm, doesn't seem to be what I'm looking for - it just leaves the mapping of virtual to physical blocks to userland. What I need is passing the whole read/write requests to some userland deamon - these blocks won't come from any (in-kernel) block device, but an totally different kind of storage (eg. venti). cu -- --------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrico Weigelt == metux IT service - http://www.metux.de/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- Please visit the OpenSource QM Taskforce: http://wiki.metux.de/public/OpenSource_QM_Taskforce Patches / Fixes for a lot dozens of packages in dozens of versions: http://patches.metux.de/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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