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From: Neil Brown <neilb@suse.de>
To: Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@pobox.com>
Date: Wed, 9 Nov 2005 18:37:02 +1100
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Subject: Re: userspace block driver?
In-Reply-To: message from Jeff Garzik on Wednesday November 9
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On Wednesday November 9, jgarzik@pobox.com wrote:
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> Has anybody put any thought towards how a userspace block driver
> would work?

Isn't this was enbd does? 
  http://www.it.uc3m.es/~ptb/nbd/

NeilBrown
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