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/
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"Open Source UNIX is shaped by people who use it. Microsoft shapes NT to
respond to competitive threats." - Nicholas Petreley, NC World, June 1998
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