[ros-dev] A new sub-project

Joseph Galbraith galb at vandyke.com
Thu Mar 17 13:04:37 CET 2005


Oliver Schneider wrote:
>>I think this might be a little restrictive.
>>
>>A NT filesystem doesn't have to operate solely in kernel
>>mode.  The kernel mode component is free to delegate work
>>to a usermode component if it chooses.  (In fact, if
>>I'm not mistaken, Microsoft's webdav filesystem driver
>>works this way.)
> 
> The WebDAV component of MS I know is completely in usermode. It is just a
> shell namespace extension.

I give you pudding :-) (The proof is in the pudding right?)

Run WinOBJ and take a look at Device directory.  Notice
the \Device\WebDavRedirector device.

WebDav is a filesystem driver (of the kind refered to a
network redirector, but non-the-less a filesystem driver.)

Thanks,

Joseph


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