RE: [Patch v5 0/3] Introduce a driver to support host accelerated access to Microsoft Azure Blob for Azure VM
From: Long Li
Date: Mon Aug 09 2021 - 23:01:16 EST
> Subject: Re: [Patch v5 0/3] Introduce a driver to support host accelerated
> access to Microsoft Azure Blob for Azure VM
>
> On Sat, Aug 07, 2021 at 06:29:06PM +0000, Long Li wrote:
> > > I still think this "model" is totally broken and wrong overall.
> > > Again, you are creating a custom "block" layer with a character
> > > device, forcing all userspace programs to use a custom library (where is it
> at?) just to get their data.
> >
> > The Azure Blob library (with source code) is available in the following
> languages:
> > Java:
> > https://nam06.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fgith
> > ub.com%2FAzure%2Fazure-sdk-for-
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> > ure-storage-
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> > JavaScript:
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> > ub.com%2FAzure%2Fazure-sdk-for-
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> > Python:
> > https://nam06.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fgith
> > ub.com%2FAzure%2Fazure-sdk-for-
> python%2Ftree%2Fmain%2Fsdk%2Fstorage%2F
> > azure-storage-
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> >
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> > Go:
> > https://nam06.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fgith
> > ub.com%2FAzure%2Fazure-storage-blob-
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> > .NET:
> > https://nam06.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fgith
> > ub.com%2FAzure%2Fazure-sdk-for-
> net%2Ftree%2Fmain%2Fsdk%2Fstorage%2FAzu
> >
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> > PHP:
> > https://nam06.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fgith
> > ub.com%2FAzure%2Fazure-storage-php%2Ftree%2Fmaster%2Fazure-
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> > Ruby:
> > https://nam06.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fgith
> > ub.com%2Fazure%2Fazure-storage-
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> > C++:
> >
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>
> And why wasn't this linked to in the changelog here?
>
> In looking at the C code above, where is the interaction with this Linux driver?
> I can't seem to find it...
Those are existing Blob client libraries. The new code using this driver is being
tested and has not been released to github.
I'm sorry I misunderstood your request. I'm asking the team to share the new
code for review. I will send the code location for review soon.
Thanks,
Long