Re: [Aoetools-discuss] User-mode AoE initiator?

[Hilko B. <be...@hi...>]

* Jeff Sturm:

> Does a user-mode driver exist in a source tree anywhere? Has anyone
> thought about or starting working on such a project?

As far as I know, no such driver exists and I am unaware of any
interface in the Linux kernel that is meant for implementing block
device drivers in user-space.

One could implement it using the NBD (Network block device) protocol
over an AF_UNIX socketpair.

Cheers,
-Hilko