Date: Fri, 18 Oct 1996 14:23:45 +0900 (JST) From: Michael Hancock <michaelh@cet.co.jp> To: Kent Vander Velden <graphix@iastate.edu> Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: new filesystem Message-ID: <Pine.SV4.3.93.961018142008.889A-100000@parkplace.cet.co.jp> In-Reply-To: <9610180215.AA12203@spiff.cc.iastate.edu>
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On Thu, 17 Oct 1996, Kent Vander Velden wrote: > "The Design and Implementation of the 4.4 BSD OS" talks about using > the nullfs as a starting place for a new filesystem or a layer but I am > not completely certain that this is the best choice in this case. > Perhaps the extra information could be handled at the vnode level > instead of the inode level... You should read ftp://ftp.cs.ucla.edu/pub/ficus/ucla_csd_910056.ps. This is the design that 4.4BSD is based upon. If the link is wrong look around for John Heidemann's paper on stackable vnodes. Regards, Mike Hancock
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