Date: Fri, 20 Jun 2003 04:50:57 -0400 From: Donn Miller <dmmiller@cvzoom.net> To: David Schultz <das@FreeBSD.ORG> Cc: fs@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ideas about a unioning file system Message-ID: <3EF2CAF1.4080605@cvzoom.net> In-Reply-To: <bctu39$1vok$1@FreeBSD.csie.NCTU.edu.tw> References: <bctu39$1vok$1@FreeBSD.csie.NCTU.edu.tw>
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David Schultz wrote: > Unionfs in FreeBSD has a number of implementation issues. Many of > these stem out of locking problems and the fact that VFS layering > doesn't really work right in FreeBSD. These are fixable details, > and perhaps FiST addresses some of these. That's one thing I was curious about. Is there a need to redo the VFS layer in FreeBSD? Someone mentioned it as a possible to-do item. If so, would it make it easier to port new filesystems to FreeBSD?
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