Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 27 Jan 1999 19:06:53 -0800 (PST) | From | Matthew Jacob <> | Subject | Re: Generic Device Redirection over a network? |
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Sounds like rfs is being reinvented here...
On Wed, 27 Jan 1999, Charles R. Anderson wrote:
> 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. > > Charles R. Anderson : Senior CS Major @ WPI : http://angus.ind.wpi.edu/~cra/ > Network-Operations : College Computer Center : 508-831-5115 > "Open Source UNIX is shaped by people who use it. Microsoft shapes NT to > respond to competitive threats." - Nicholas Petreley, NC World, June 1998 > > > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.rutgers.edu > Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ >
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