genode/gems/src/server/http_block
Norman Feske fae63f4fa9 Merge base libraries into a single library
This patch simplifies the way of how Genode's base libraries are
organized. Originally, the base API was implemented in the form of many
small libraries such as 'thread', 'env', 'server', etc. Most of them
used to consist of only a small number of files. Because those libraries
are incorporated in any build, the checking of their inter-dependencies
made the build process more verbose than desired. Also, the number of
libraries and their roles (core only, non-core only, shared by both core
and non-core) were not easy to capture.

Hereby, the base libraries have been reduced to the following few
libraries:

- startup.mk contains the startup code for normal Genode processes.
  On some platform, core is able to use the library as well.
- base-common.mk contains the parts of the base library that are
  identical by core and non-core processes.
- base.mk contains the complete base API implementation for non-core
  processes

Consequently, the 'LIBS' declaration in 'target.mk' files becomes
simpler as well. In the most simple case, only the 'base' library must
be mentioned.

Fixes #18
2013-02-19 14:45:55 +01:00
..
README Imported Genode release 11.11 2011-12-22 16:19:25 +01:00
http.cc Update copyright headers to 2013 2013-01-10 21:44:47 +01:00
http.h Update copyright headers to 2013 2013-01-10 21:44:47 +01:00
main.cc Update copyright headers to 2013 2013-01-10 21:44:47 +01:00
target.mk Merge base libraries into a single library 2013-02-19 14:45:55 +01:00

README

This directory contains a HTTP client that implements Genode's block session
interface as a front-end. This way you can incorporate arbitrary files via.
HTTP requests and export them as a block device within Genode.


Usage
-----

Config file snippet:

!<start name="http_blkdrv">
!  <resource name="RAM" quantum="1M" />
!  <provides><service name="Block"/></provides> <!-- Mandatory -->
!  <config>
!
!    <!-- File to export as a block device.
!         Syntax:'http:://<host>[:port]/<path to file>' -->
!    <uri>http://kc86.genode.labs:80/file.iso</uri> 
!
!    <!- The block size of the exported block device. This is optional, the
!        default is 512 bytes. -->
!    <block-size>2048</block-size> 
!
!  </config>
!</start>