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Date:      Sat, 31 Jan 1998 16:19:55 +1030
From:      Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au>
To:        "Alton, Matthew" <Matthew.Alton@anheuser-busch.com>
Cc:        fs@FreeBSD.ORG, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Filesystem hacking 
Message-ID:  <199801310549.QAA00595@word.smith.net.au>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 30 Jan 1998 14:52:27 MDT." <31B3F0BF1C40D11192A700805FD48BF9C33287@STLABCEXG011> 

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> This month (02/98) I will explore the GNU HURD OS to see if
> their goal of creating an OS which would allow me to imple-
> ment a filesystem in user space has been realized.  If it has 
> not, I will use my normal FreeBSD 2.2.2 i386/40 and NetBSD
> 1.3 Sun 3/50 & 3/80 development boxes.
> 
> Please let me know if I am duplicating effort and provide me
> with relevant pointers.

You can implement a filesystem in userspace on FreeBSD (and presumably 
NetBSD as well); see the 'rumba' port for an example of this.

-- 
\\  Sometimes you're ahead,       \\  Mike Smith
\\  sometimes you're behind.      \\  mike@smith.net.au
\\  The race is long, and in the  \\  msmith@freebsd.org
\\  end it's only with yourself.  \\ 





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