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Software framework of Linux kernel

The device mapper is a framework provided by the Linux kernel for mapping physical block devices onto higher-level virtual block devices. It forms the foundation of the logical volume manager (LVM), software RAIDs and dm-crypt disk encryption, and offers additional features such as file system snapshots. Wikipedia →

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Read the overview: Device mapperA 5-minute orientation
Read the landmark paper: PD-DM: An efficient locality-preserving block device mapper with plausible deniabilityCited 11 times
Go sideways: Dm-cryptA closely related topic
Go sideways: Linux Unified Key SetupA closely related topic

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🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)

PD-DM: An efficient locality-preserving block device mapper with plausible deniability

Chen Chen, Anrin Chakraborti, Radu Sion · 2018 · Proceedings on Privacy Enhancing Technologies · 11 citations
Star Mapper Using A Linear Charge-Coupled-Device Array

· 1987 · Optical Engineering · 2 citations
Non-volatile memory driver to drastically reduce input-output response time and maintain Linux device-mapper framework

Kazuichi Oe, Takeshi Nanri · 2020 · International Journal of Networking and Computing · 1 citations

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