Messages in this thread | | | From | (david parsons) | Subject | Re: Total And Complete Wackyness | Date | 11 Feb 2000 14:54:42 -0800 |
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In article <linux.kernel.880b2g$ani$1@node.matrix.fire>, <jmcmullan@linuxcare.com> wrote:
> Have I bitten off more than I can chew, or is protocol layering >over block devices REALLY possible?
There's precedent for it; other operating systems have implemented driver overlays (and did it quite some time ago). It would be VERY useful for install floppies, too -- build a block driver that talks directly to bios interrupts, use that to mount the install media, then overlay the native drivers over it when you can access media that's larger than 1.44mb (and with that, you can also discard the initrd kludge and use a different bios driver to load the installer off the floppy analogue de jour)
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