Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1750833AbVKJNOx (ORCPT ); Thu, 10 Nov 2005 08:14:53 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1750838AbVKJNOx (ORCPT ); Thu, 10 Nov 2005 08:14:53 -0500 Received: from gprs189-60.eurotel.cz ([160.218.189.60]:24235 "EHLO amd.ucw.cz") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750833AbVKJNOx (ORCPT ); Thu, 10 Nov 2005 08:14:53 -0500 Date: Thu, 10 Nov 2005 14:13:56 +0100 From: Pavel Machek To: Jeff Garzik Cc: Linux Kernel , Jens Axboe Subject: Re: userspace block driver? Message-ID: <20051110131356.GA9584@elf.ucw.cz> 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> X-Warning: Reading this can be dangerous to your mental health. User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.9i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 669 Lines: 21 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 -- Thanks, Sharp! - 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/