Device mapper api v/s block device driver api

[Rami Rosen]

Hi
Just of pure curiosity, can you please provide a link to the blog you had
mentioned?
Regards
Rami Rosen

http://ramirose.wix.com/ramirosen
On May 6, 2013 10:46 PM, "neha naik" <nehanaik27 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi,
>    Reading a blog on device mapper api got me confused about when one
> should use device mapper api and when to use block device driver api.
> I was under the impression that even for stackable device drivers (say a
> customized block device driver on top of lvm or such) we need to use the
> block device driver api. But,
> reading about the device mapper api i have started thinking that it may
> not be the case.
> May be for stackable device drivers device mapper is the solution.
> What do you think?  What are the pros and cons of device mapper v/s block
> device driver
>
> Regards,
> Neha
>
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