NAME
puffs —
Pass-to-Userspace Framework File
System
SYNOPSIS
file-system PUFFS
pseudo-device putter
DESCRIPTION
puffs provides a framework for creating file systems as
userspace servers. The in-kernel VFS attachment is controlled through a
special device node, /dev/puffs. People looking to
implement file systems should use the system through the convenience library
described in puffs(3).
Termination
A puffs file system can be unmounted
regularly using
umount(8). The file system will automatically be unmounted in case
the userspace server is killed or the control file descriptor closed.
SEE ALSO
HISTORY
An unsupported experimental version of
puffs first appeared in NetBSD
4.0. A stable version appeared in NetBSD
5.0.
AUTHORS
Antti Kantee <pooka@iki.fi>