On Mon Nov 22 2010 at 22:09:24 +0000, David Laight wrote: > On Mon, Nov 22, 2010 at 09:04:28PM +0000, Antti Kantee wrote: > > Module Name: src > > Committed By: pooka > > Date: Mon Nov 22 21:04:28 UTC 2010 > > > > Modified Files: > > src/bin/dd: Makefile args.c dd.c dd.h extern.h position.c > > > > Log Message: > > Add two new operands: "rif" and "rof". They operate exactly like > > "if" and "of" with the exception that the communicate with a rump > > kernel instead of the host kernel. > > Hmmmm.... this seems like polluting a standard utility to support > a very specific use. > > Surely it would be more appropriate to make thye rump kernel directly > forward some paths to the real kernel?
Can you explain how that could work?