Date: Fri, 17 Oct 2014 11:58:04 -0400 From: John Baldwin <jhb@freebsd.org> To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Cc: Rick Macklem <rmacklem@uoguelph.ca>, Jan Bramkamp <crest@rlwinm.de>, Simon Toedt <simon.toedt@gmail.com>, Jordan Hubbard <jkh@ixsystems.com>, Lionel Cons <lionelcons1972@gmail.com>, Richard Yao <ryao@gentoo.org> Subject: Re: Tool to access ZFS/NFSv4 alternate data streams on FreeBSD? Message-ID: <61546786.Po81nNR1Xh@ralph.baldwin.cx> In-Reply-To: <CAPJSo4XR3BP9vN%2B7y1WmPH-Ao2hEX8b6nDLp%2BQuV9dDMJaZQ3A@mail.gmail.com> References: <CAPL6_jTOwxj_t-P6fFWva1FHAHit=T_XOzogf9stUqoS%2BfimZg@mail.gmail.com> <102210795.47541414.1410995911907.JavaMail.root@uoguelph.ca> <CAPJSo4XR3BP9vN%2B7y1WmPH-Ao2hEX8b6nDLp%2BQuV9dDMJaZQ3A@mail.gmail.com>
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On Wednesday, October 15, 2014 12:21:43 AM Lionel Cons wrote: > On 18 September 2014 01:18, Rick Macklem <rmacklem@uoguelph.ca> wrote: > > Well, first I believe the FreeBSD project (I refer to it as the > > "collective" for want of a better word) needs to come to a consensus > > that this should be done. > > > > As I understand it, the first step towards that is a post on > > freebsd-arch@ proposing this work and why you think it is a good idea. > > > > Then, based upon the discussion/comments in response to this post, it will > > hopefully become fairly clear if the "collective" is in favour > > of doing this or not. > > > > Then, if the consensus is in favour, someone needs to do the > > coding. (I have volunteered to at least look at the kernel changes, > > but only the kernel changes.) > > Okay. I've just got the go-ahead, and initial funding :) Do you have a proposed design for how you plan to implement O_XATTR? Also, are you targeting a specific filesystem (e.g. ZFS?) -- John Baldwin
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