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From: devzero@web.de
To: Enrico Weigelt <weigelt@metux.de>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: block devices in userland
Date: Sat, 05 Jul 2008 00:51:27 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <342518340@web.de> (raw)

>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

regards
roland




List:       linux-kernel
Subject:    block devices in userland
From:       Enrico Weigelt <weigelt () metux ! de>
Date:       2008-07-04 22:11:28
Message-ID: 20080704221127.GA25636 () nibiru ! local
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Hi folks,


is there an API for writing block device drivers in userland ?


thx
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             reply	other threads:[~2008-07-04 22:51 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2008-07-04 22:51 devzero [this message]
2008-07-05 16:29 ` block devices in userland Enrico Weigelt
2008-07-10 18:24   ` Pavel Machek
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2008-07-04 22:11 Enrico Weigelt

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