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From: Adam Keys <akeys@post.cis.smu.edu>
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Subject: Re: virtual filesystem with data managed in userspace
Date: Tue, 4 Dec 2001 17:05:38 -0600
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On December 04, 2001 04:00, Ragnar Kj?rstad wrote:
> On Tue, Dec 04, 2001 at 10:40:26PM +0100, Roland Bauerschmidt wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > for a science project I'm thinking about writing a virtual filesystem
> > driver that provides access to data that is managed in userspace. I'm
> > quite new to Kernel hacking, so I'd be glad if someone could provide
> > some tips about the design, especially the data exchange between kernel-
> > and userspace.
>
> See http://sourceforge.net/projects/avf/

Maybe we should add this to the lkml FAQ under a heading "Things you think 
are probably crazy but really aren't", or possibly "Fancy microkernel type 
stuff" :)

-- 
akk~
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