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From: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org>
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Subject: Re: user-mode nfs daemon
To: hans@brandinnovators.com (Hans Zuidam)
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> What "we" really want is a good implementation (or maybe even
> documentation :-) ) of the stackable filesystem layers as described
> in:
> 
> 	Stackable Layers: An Architecture for File System Development,
> 	John Shelby Heidemann, UCLA, 1991.
> 
> Apparently it is available on-line as
> ftp.cs.ucla.edu:pub/ficus/ucla_csd_910056.ps

This is, in fact, the base code for the 4.4BSD FS.  It's just that
the integration was terribly kludged (it was a rush job for legal
and political reasons, instead of a good job for technical reasons).


					Terry Lambert
					terry@lambert.org
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