p2k(3) [netbsd man page]

P2K(3)							   BSD Library Functions Manual 						    P2K(3)

NAME

     p2k -- puffs to kernel vfs translation library

LIBRARY

     p2k Library (libp2k, -lp2k)

SYNOPSIS

     #include <rump/p2k.h>

     struct p2k_mount *
     p2k_init(uint32_t puffs_flags);

     void
     p2k_cancel(struct p2k_mount *p2m, int error);

     int
     p2k_setup_fs(struct p2k_mount *p2m, const char *vfsname, const char *devpath, const char *mountpath, int mntflags, void *arg, size_t alen);

     p2k_setup_diskfs(struct p2k_mount *p2m, const char *vfsname, const char *devpath, int partition, const char *mountpath, int mntflags,
	 void *arg, size_t alen);

     int
     p2k_mainloop(struct p2k_mount *p2m);

     int
     p2k_run_fs(const char *vfsname, const char *devpath, const char *mountpath, int mntflags, void *arg, size_t alen, uint32_t puffs_flags);

     int
     p2k_run_diskfs(const char *vfsname, const char *devpath, int partition, const char *mountpath, int mntflags, void *arg, size_t alen,
	 uint32_t puffs_flags);

DESCRIPTION

     The p2k library translates the puffs protocol to the kernel vfs(9) protocol and back again.  It can therefore be used to mount and run kernel
     file system code as a userspace daemon.

     Calling the library interface function mounts the file system and, if succesful, starts handling requests.  The parameters are handled by
     ukfs_mount() (see ukfs(3)), with the exception that mountpath and puffs_flags are handled by puffs(3).  The "run_fs" variants of the inter-
     faces are provided as a convenience for the common case.  They execute all of init, setup and mainloop in one call.

ENVIRONMENT

     The following environment variables affect the behaviour of p2k.  They are useful mostly for debugging purposes.  The flags are environment
     variables because typically the command line arguments to p2k utilities are parsed using versions not aware of p2k options; for example, the
     rump_cd9660(8) arguments are really parsed by mount_cd9660(8).

       P2K_DEBUG	  Do not detach from tty and print information about each puffs operation.  In case the daemon receives SIGINFO (typically
			  from ctrl-T), it dumps out the status of the mount point.  Sending SIGUSR1 causes a dump of all the vnodes (verbose).

       P2K_NODETACH	  Do not detach from tty.

       P2K_NOCACHE_PAGE   Do not use the puffs page cache.

       P2K_NOCACHE_NAME   Do not use the puffs name cache.

       P2K_NOCACHE	  Do not use the puffs page or name cache.

       P2K_WIZARDUID	  If set, use the value of the variable to determine the UID of the caller of each operation instead of the actual caller
			  supplied by puffs(3).  This can be used for example to simplify modifying an OS installation's root image as a non-root
			  user.

SEE ALSO

     puffs(3), rump(3), ukfs(3), rump_cd9660(8), rump_efs(8), rump_ext2fs(8), rump_ffs(8), rump_hfs(8), rump_lfs(8), rump_msdos(8), rump_nfs(8),
     rump_ntfs(8), rump_smbfs(8), rump_syspuffs(8), rump_sysvbfs(8), rump_tmpfs(8), rump_udf(8)

BSD
								  January 7, 2011							       BSD

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NAME

     rump_msdos -- mount a msdos image with a userspace server

SYNOPSIS

     file-system PUFFS
     pseudo-device putter

     rump_msdos [options] image mountpoint

DESCRIPTION

     NOTE! This manual page describes features specific to the rump(3) file server.  Please see mount_msdos(8) for a full description of the
     available command line options.

     The rump_msdos utility can be used to mount msdos file systems.  It uses rump(3) and p2k(3) to facilitate running the file system as a server
     in userspace.  As opposed to mount_msdos(8), rump_msdos does not use file system code within the kernel and therefore does not require kernel
     support except puffs(4).  Apart from a minor speed penalty there is no downside with respect to in-kernel code.

     rump_msdos does not require using vnconfig(8) for mounts from regular files and the file path can be passed directly as the image parameter.
     In fact, the use of vnconfig(8) is discouraged, since it is unable to properly deal with images on sparse files.

     In case the image contains multiple partitions, the desired partition must be indicated by appending the token ``%DISKLABEL:p%'' to the image
     path.  The letter ``p'' specifies the partition as obtained via disklabel(8).  For example, to mount partition ``e'' from image /tmp/wd0.img,
     use ``/tmp/wd0.img%DISKLABEL:e%''.

     It is recommended that untrusted file system images be mounted with rump_msdos instead of mount_msdos(8).	Corrupt file system images com-
     monly cause the file system to crash the entire kernel, but with rump_msdos only the userspace server process will dump core.

     To use rump_msdos via mount(8), the flags -o rump and -t msdos should be given.  Similarly, rump_msdos is used instead of mount_msdos(8) if
     ``rump'' is added to the options field of fstab(5).

SEE ALSO

     p2k(3), puffs(3), rump(3), mount_msdos(8)

HISTORY

     The rump_msdos utility first appeared in NetBSD 5.0.

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								 November 21, 2010							       BSD

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