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+config COWLOOP
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+ tristate "copy-on-write pseudo Block Driver"
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+ depends on BLOCK
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+ default n
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+ ---help---
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+ Cowloop is a "copy-on-write" pseudo block driver. It can be
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+ stacked on top of a "real" block driver, and catches all write
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+ operations on their way from the file systems layer above to
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+ the real driver below, effectively shielding the lower driver
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+ from those write accesses. The requests are then diverted to
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+ an ordinary file, located somewhere else (configurable). Later
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+ read requests are checked to see whether they can be serviced
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+ by the "real" block driver below, or must be pulled in from
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+ the diverted location. More information and userspace tools to
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+ use the driver are on the project's website
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+ http://www.ATComputing.nl/cowloop/
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