From owner-freebsd-hackers Mon Aug 23 23:28:52 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from gilliam.users.flyingcroc.net (gilliam.users.flyingcroc.net [207.246.128.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C9330150CF; Mon, 23 Aug 1999 23:28:25 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from ross@gilliam.users.flyingcroc.net) Received: (from ross@localhost) by gilliam.users.flyingcroc.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) id XAA04603; Mon, 23 Aug 1999 23:28:10 -0700 (PDT) Date: Wed, 18 Aug 1999 11:23:56 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <199908240628.XAA04603@gilliam.users.flyingcroc.net> To: Julian Elischer Cc: Bill Studenmund , Terry Lambert , Alton Matthew , Hackers@FreeBSD.ORG, fs@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: BSD XFS Port & BSD VFS Rewrite From: Poul-Henning Kamp Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG In message , Julian Elischer writes: >On Wed, 18 Aug 1999, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote: > >> Matt doesn't represent the FreeBSD project, and even if he rewrites >> the VFS subsystem so he can understand it, his rewrite would face >> considerable resistance on its way into FreeBSD. I don't think >> there is reason to rewrite it, but there certainly are areas >> that need fixing. > >You are misinformed as far as I know.. From discussions I saw, th >main architect of a VFS rewrite would be Kirk, and Matt would be acting as >Kirk's right-hand-man. I bet that Matt and Kirk uses "rewrite" for two very different concepts. The resulting reviews will be equally different. >> >> The use of the "vfs_default" to make unimplemented VOP's >> >> fall through to code which implements function, while well >> >> intentioned, is misguided. >> >> I beg to differ. The only difference is that we pass through >> multiple layers before we hit the bottom of the stack. There is >> no loss of functionality but significant gain of clarity and >> modularity. > >Well I believe that Kirk considers them misguided too, but he stated that >he wasn't going to remove them without serious thought about the alternatives. I'll be more than ready to discuss this with Kirk. -- Poul-Henning Kamp FreeBSD coreteam member phk@FreeBSD.ORG "Real hackers run -current on their laptop." FreeBSD -- It will take a long time before progress goes too far! To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message