On 2005-11-09T08:54:56, Jens Axboe <[email protected]> wrote:
> > >>Has anybody put any thought towards how a userspace block driver
^^^^^^^^^
> > >>would work?
>
> I was going to say drbd, but then you did say more lightweight :-)
^^^^
drbd is implemented all in-kernel, too.
The deadlock scenarios with running block IO through user-space are
still somewhat unsolved, though. Not that block over network IO (in
particular TCP) is much better even when implemented in-kernel...
Sincerely,
Lars Marowsky-Brée <[email protected]>
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