Date: Sun, 17 May 1998 10:04:37 +0900 (JST) From: Michael Hancock <michaelh@cet.co.jp> To: Peter Wemm <peter@netplex.com.au> Cc: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au>, dyson@FreeBSD.ORG, current@FreeBSD.ORG, kkennawa@physics.adelaide.edu.au Subject: Re: libc corruption Message-ID: <Pine.SV4.3.95.980517095637.15251B-100000@parkplace.cet.co.jp> In-Reply-To: <199805161139.TAA02040@spinner.netplex.com.au>
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On Sat, 16 May 1998, Peter Wemm wrote: > Generating vnode_if.[ch] is another annoyance that I'd like to see > eradicated. You don't want to do that. Think of it as a custom IDL used to keep the VOP interface defined universally for all file systems, including and potentially for file systems in different address spaces. If someone implements a stacked crypto layer, we probably wouldn't want to put various encryption algorithms in the kernel. In Japan, people might want a Kanji character set translation layer and wouldn't want to put huge tables in the kernel either. It would be very very difficult to extend and maintain compatibility without a mechanism like we have now. Regards, Mike Hancock To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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