This could easily be done using fuse. I don't believe we will include this in the kernel because it 1) doesn't seem to be maintained 2) doesn't enable any non-working hardware 3) is not SMP safe.
This is a good candidate for someone to package out of tree and put in universe. -- Include a cdemu kernel module into distribution https://launchpad.net/bugs/52608 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
