From owner-freebsd-fs Fri Feb 13 21:41:00 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id VAA01217 for freebsd-fs-outgoing; Fri, 13 Feb 1998 21:41:00 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-fs@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from parkplace.cet.co.jp (parkplace.cet.co.jp [202.32.64.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id VAA01197 for ; Fri, 13 Feb 1998 21:40:56 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from michaelh@cet.co.jp) Received: from localhost (michaelh@localhost) by parkplace.cet.co.jp (8.8.8/CET-v2.2) with SMTP id FAA12760; Sat, 14 Feb 1998 05:40:02 GMT Date: Sat, 14 Feb 1998 14:40:02 +0900 (JST) From: Michael Hancock To: Greg Lehey cc: freebsd-fs@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ccd and ftd In-Reply-To: <19980214152751.60811@freebie.lemis.com> 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 Another reference you might want to use is the WinNT Server Resource Kit 4.0 - Server Resource Guide. It describes the disk partition table structures and signatures used by NT FtDisk driver to track info about disks in a volume. What does vinum mean? I hope you end up making the device file something Unix-like and easy to remember like ftd. Regards, Mike On Sat, 14 Feb 1998, Greg Lehey wrote: > I'm a bit disappointed with CCD. I had originally planned just to > extend it, but I find it too primitive. It's not just "light > weight"--it's deficient. It handles faults very badly, and it offers > multiple possibilities for shooting yourself in the foot. In > addition, I don't think its performance is better than vinum (mine) is > going to be, though that remains to be seen. About the only advantage > is that it is significantly smaller, but I don't expect the typical > user of either driver to be concerned about another 20 kB of memory. > > As a result of these problems, vinum is effectively a rewrite, though > I've been looking very carefully at CCD for implementation ideas. > > Greg To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-fs" in the body of the message