From owner-freebsd-fs Sat Apr 8 14: 8:59 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-fs@freebsd.org Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.FreeBSD.ORG [204.216.27.21]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4251F37B544; Sat, 8 Apr 2000 14:08:58 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from kris@FreeBSD.org) Received: from localhost (kris@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.9.3/8.9.2) with ESMTP id OAA73307; Sat, 8 Apr 2000 14:08:58 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from kris@FreeBSD.org) X-Authentication-Warning: freefall.freebsd.org: kris owned process doing -bs Date: Sat, 8 Apr 2000 14:08:57 -0700 (PDT) From: Kris Kennaway To: John Estess Cc: adrian@freebsd.org, freebsd-fs@freebsd.org, freebsd@unix-consult.org Subject: Re: UNIONFS In-Reply-To: <38EF5E0D.1B06FDD5@wcnet.net> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-fs@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Sat, 8 Apr 2000, John Estess wrote: > I've perused the mailing lists for the union fs and read the scant info > in the D&I book, but I want to make sure there isn't a RFC or something > for this fs. Is there some guidance besides the source code for this > thing or is this a "let your conscience be your guide" scenario? There's no RFC, since it's not an internet service :-) What would be useful in understanding what's going on are the papers by John Heidemann on stacking layers: http://www.isi.edu/~johnh/WORK/index.html (Hmm, apparently John teaches at USC thesedays) > Also, I've switched back to 4.0-Stable because I don't want to ride out > the significant 5.0-Current changes coming down the pike . Since the > Unionfs doesn't work anyway, can the powers-that-be update both Current > and Stable in this case? It would be nice to development this in a > working environment. Also, is the vfs code slated for massive overhaul > soon? A few people have requested that phk's current and forthcoming changes be backported to 4.0 once they've stabilized, but I don't think it's a guaranteed thing. I'm not sure how much the relevant bits of the system are likely to change in the near future. Kris ---- In God we Trust -- all others must submit an X.509 certificate. -- Charles Forsythe To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-fs" in the body of the message