Re: [Xen-devel] What are the new features from blktaps

[Dutch Meyer <dmeyer@xxxxxxxxx>]

Also: blktap2 has a driver for the vhd format.

--Dutch

On Tue, 12 Jan 2010, Daniel Stodden wrote:

> On Tue, 2010-01-12 at 15:05 -0500, Jia Rao wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> >
> > Searched but can't find anything.
> > I am wondering what are the new features that will come with blktap2,
> > compared to blktap ?
> Right now it's mainly an architectural thing.
>
> - The original blktap duplicated a lot of what originally
>  constituted just blkback.
>
> - Access to virtual disk images from within dom0 gets
>  more straightforward. Which matters a lot for some things dom0 can
>  do to disks.
>
> - Request dispatch between kernel and userspace will get way more
>  efficient at some point.
>
> - Blktap on non-Xen systems ...
>
> - ...
>
> Daniel
>
>
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