Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751264AbVKIHuU (ORCPT ); Wed, 9 Nov 2005 02:50:20 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751273AbVKIHuT (ORCPT ); Wed, 9 Nov 2005 02:50:19 -0500 Received: from smtp.osdl.org ([65.172.181.4]:14014 "EHLO smtp.osdl.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751264AbVKIHuR (ORCPT ); Wed, 9 Nov 2005 02:50:17 -0500 Date: Tue, 8 Nov 2005 23:50:11 -0800 From: Chris Wright To: Jeff Garzik Cc: Linux Kernel , Jens Axboe Subject: Re: userspace block driver? Message-ID: <20051109075011.GY7991@shell0.pdx.osdl.net> References: <4371A4ED.9020800@pobox.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4371A4ED.9020800@pobox.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 533 Lines: 14 * Jeff Garzik (jgarzik@pobox.com) wrote: > 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. Sounds a bit like stunnel + nbd. thanks, -chris - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/