Re: userspace block driver?

Pavel Machek
2005-11-10T13:14:53Z

Hi!

> Has anybody put any thought towards how a userspace block driver would work?
>
> Consider a block device implemented via an SSL network connection. I
> don't want to put SSL in the kernel, which means the only other
> alternative is to pass data to/from a userspace daemon.
>
> Anybody have any favorite methods? [similar to] mmap'd packet socket?
> ramfs?

drivers/block/nbd?
Pavel

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Thanks, Sharp!