#1051678 RFP: ublksrv -- Daemon and library for user-space block devices

Package:
wnpp
Source:
wnpp
Submitter:
Ben Hutchings
Date:
2025-11-29 16:53:35 UTC
Severity:
normal
#1051678#5
Date:
2023-09-11 09:16:59 UTC
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* Package name    : ublksrv
  Version         : 1.1-rc1
  Upstream Contact: Ming Lei < tom.leiming@gmail.com>
* URL             : https://github.com/ming1/ubdsrv
* License         : GPL-2, LGPL-2.1, MIT
  Programming Lang: C++, C
  Description     : Support for Linux user-space block devices

This is the user-space code that works with the ublk driver introduced
in Linux 6.0.  There is a daemon to handle requests and a library for
writing individual user-space block drivers.  It includes drivers for
loop, nbd, and qcow2 block devices.
#1051678#14
Date:
2023-10-09 20:12:18 UTC
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Packaging effort is being tracked at:
https://salsa.debian.org/rcheleguini/ubdsrv

In the meantime, we also +1 the request asking for the kernel module:
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1032604