[Qemu-devel] VMDK block device as a kernel module ?

[Qemu-devel] VMDK block device as a kernel module ?

[Bogdan Harjoc]

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Hello,

I haven't been watching qemu development too closely but AFAIK (and
a quick search through the list archives says the same thing) there
haven't been any efforts in building the vmware block driver as a kernel
(block device) driver.

This would of course be a complete waste of somebody's time _except_
(arguably) for something like booting a kernel natively but mounting root
(et cetera) from a .vmdk file.

I would equally appreciate any pointer towards somebody's attempt at
doing this or an opinion on whether it is worth doing at all (although
the FUSE framework would probably make a first attempt worthwhile).


Cheers,
Bogdan.

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Re: [Qemu-devel] VMDK block device as a kernel module ?

[Paul Brook]

On Wednesday 01 February 2006 11:54, Bogdan Harjoc wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I haven't been watching qemu development too closely but AFAIK (and
> a quick search through the list archives says the same thing) there
> haven't been any efforts in building the vmware block driver as a kernel
> (block device) driver.

Probably because that's got nothing to do with qemu.

I expect you could probably use the kernel DM or loopback layers.

Paul