Date: Tue, 10 Oct 2006 20:25:15 +0200 From: Soeren Straarup <xride@x12.dk> To: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@phk.freebsd.dk> Cc: Christian Laursen <xi@borderworlds.dk>, freebsd-geom@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Geom class project idea - geom_cow Message-ID: <20061010182515.GA67525@x12.dk> In-Reply-To: <6952.1156795637@critter.freebsd.dk> References: <ygfpsek95qk.fsf@dominion.borderworlds.dk> <6952.1156795637@critter.freebsd.dk>
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On Mon, Aug 28, 2006 at 08:07:17PM +0000, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote: > In message <ygfpsek95qk.fsf@dominion.borderworlds.dk>, Christian Laursen writes > : > >I have an idea for a geom class that I think could be useful in a number > >of scenarios. > > > >The basic idea is that it takes two existing providers and uses the first > >one as a starting point and the other one to keep changes to the first > >one using copy-on-write. > > This one has been one of the inspirations for GEOMs generality from > the very beginning, but so far nobody has actually written it. I would look into it but i might need some help.. I've been looking for a geom project lately. Maybe this would be a nice idea. But i need some insight in have the msg's are passed on up and down the geom layer. /Soeren -- Soeren Straarup | aka OZ2DAK aka Xride FreeBSD committer | FreeBSD since 2.2.6-R If a program is not working right, then send a patch
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