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-BUSE - A block device in userspace
-
-Adam Cozzette
-Fall 2011
-
-This piece of software was inspired by FUSE, which allows the development of
-Linux file systems that run in userspace. The goal of BUSE is to allow virtual
-block devices to run in userspace as well. Currently BUSE is experimental and
-should not be used for production code.
-
-Implementing a block device with BUSE is fairly straightforward. Simply fill
-struct buse_operations (declared in buse.h) with function pointers that define
-the behavior of the block device, and set the size field to be the desired size
-of the device in bytes. Then call buse_main and pass it a pointer to this
-struct. busexmp.c is a simple example example that shows how this is done.
-
-The implementation of BUSE itself relies on NBD, the Linux network block device,
-which allows a remote machine to serve requests for reads and writes to a
-virtual block device on the local machine. BUSE sets up an NBD server and client
-on the same machine, with the server executing the code defined by the BUSE
-user.
-
-Running the Example Code
-
-BUSE comes with an example driver in busexmp.c that implements a 128 MB memory
-disk. To try out the example code, run "make" and then execute the following as
-root:
-
-modprobe nbd
-./busexmp -n /dev/nbd0
-
-You should then have an in-memory disk running, represented by the device file
-/dev/nbd0. You can create a file system on the virtual disk, mount it, and start
-reading and writing files on it:
-
-mkfs.ext4 /dev/nbd0
-mount /dev/nbd0 /mnt
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+# BUSE - A block device in userspace
+
+This piece of software was inspired by FUSE, which allows the development of
+Linux file systems that run in userspace. The goal of BUSE is to allow virtual
+block devices to run in userspace as well. Currently BUSE is experimental and
+should not be used for production code.
+
+Implementing a block device with BUSE is fairly straightforward. Simply fill
+`struct buse_operations` (declared in `buse.h`) with function pointers that
+define the behavior of the block device, and set the size field to be the
+desired size of the device in bytes. Then call `buse_main` and pass it a
+pointer to this struct. `busexmp.c` is a simple example example that shows how
+this is done.
+
+The implementation of BUSE itself relies on NBD, the Linux network block device,
+which allows a remote machine to serve requests for reads and writes to a
+virtual block device on the local machine. BUSE sets up an NBD server and client
+on the same machine, with the server executing the code defined by the BUSE
+user.
+
+## Running the Example Code
+
+BUSE comes with an example driver in `busexmp.c` that implements a 128 MB
+memory disk. To try out the example code, run `make` and then execute the
+following as root:
+
+    modprobe nbd
+    ./busexmp -n /dev/nbd0
+
+You should then have an in-memory disk running, represented by the device file
+`/dev/nbd0`. You can create a file system on the virtual disk, mount it, and
+start reading and writing files on it:
+
+    mkfs.ext4 /dev/nbd0
+    mount /dev/nbd0 /mnt