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From: "John S. Dyson" <toor@dyson.iquest.net>
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Subject: Re: Info about MFS
In-Reply-To: <199710230049.WAA07837@gaia.coppe.ufrj.br> from Joao Carlos Mendes Luis at "Oct 22, 97 10:49:21 pm"
To: jonny@coppe.ufrj.br (Joao Carlos Mendes Luis)
Date: Wed, 22 Oct 1997 20:39:24 -0500 (EST)
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Joao Carlos Mendes Luis said:
> #define quoting(John S. Dyson)
> // My first-cut attempt of fixing MFS only helped a little.  It is broken,
> // and please don't bother using it until I, PHK or someone else fixes it.
> // I am working on it right now.
> 
> Talking about MFS remembered me about this.
> 
> How hard would it be to implement Sun's tmpfs ?  It's lots more
> efficient in terms of memory use and speed than mfs.
> 
I have been thinking about something like that (except more of a cross between
the two.)  Maybe I'll do something this week (I am ill.)

-- 
John
dyson@freebsd.org
jdyson@nc.com