From owner-freebsd-hackers Fri Jan 30 21:57:32 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id VAA20675 for hackers-outgoing; Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:57:32 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from word.smith.net.au (ppp6.portal.net.au [202.12.71.106]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id VAA20631; Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:57:16 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mike@word.smith.net.au) Received: from word (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by word.smith.net.au (8.8.8/8.8.5) with ESMTP id QAA00595; Sat, 31 Jan 1998 16:19:56 +1030 (CST) Message-Id: <199801310549.QAA00595@word.smith.net.au> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0zeta 7/24/97 To: "Alton, Matthew" cc: fs@FreeBSD.ORG, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Filesystem hacking In-reply-to: Your message of "Fri, 30 Jan 1998 14:52:27 MDT." <31B3F0BF1C40D11192A700805FD48BF9C33287@STLABCEXG011> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Sat, 31 Jan 1998 16:19:55 +1030 From: Mike Smith Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG X-To-Unsubscribe: mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org "unsubscribe hackers" > 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. \\