Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 27 Jan 1999 21:56:47 -0500 (EST) | From | "Charles R. Anderson" <> | Subject | Re: Generic Device Redirection over a network? |
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On Wed, 27 Jan 1999, Matt Busigin wrote:
jedikn> Is there a generic driver that redirects a device over a jedikn> network? For instance, I run X applications remotely, but jedikn> I want things like sound to be played on my own computer.
There is a network block device in 2.2 which can redirect a block device over the network, but I believe sound devices are character devices.
There is the Enlightened Sound Daemon, which has support for what you want. Find it at http://www.enlightenment.org/.
jedikn> This would take a client/server approach, with the client jedikn> being the device driver. It should probably be quite jedikn> configurable on both ends, and have features like only jedikn> certain processes owned by certain a UID would be jedikn> redirected, etc.
jedikn> This could be used with a host of applications; Printer jedikn> spooling, modem sharing, network audio, etc. I know a lot
There is already separate software to do most of those things, including modem sharing and network audio.
jedikn> of these devices already have network capabilities, but I jedikn> think it would be far more elegant to route them all jedikn> through one specialized service. jedikn> jedikn> Does anybody have any thoughts, or am I over-looking the obvious?
I suppose it would be cool to have a network character device to supplement the existing network block device. There would be issues to work out, such as how ioctls got passed, etc. I don't believe the network block device passes ioctls.
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