Date: Sun, 20 Oct 1996 13:26:12 -0700 From: David Greenman <dg@root.com> To: graphix@iastate.edu Cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: translucent filesystem (was union mounts) Message-ID: <199610202026.NAA20723@root.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sun, 20 Oct 1996 15:13:43 CDT." <9610202013.AA22537@spiff.cc.iastate.edu>
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> >> After searching the mail list archives I have a bad feeling that that >> translucent filesystems do not work but hoped that perhaps they where >> fixed in current. > > I have a bad feeling that I spoke too soon... > > After recompiling the world and a kernel from completely new source >code, the translucent filesystem appears to be working. Please note >that I ma using staticly linked version of union and null now however. >Before I was using the lkm versions of each. It is possible they where >out of sync with the kernel I had installed I suppose. Out of date LKMs are a sure killer no matter what the filesystem, but both union and null FS are broken due to interaction problems with the FreeBSD merged VM/buffer cache. It's a fairly high priority goal to fix this, but it will require significant changes to these filesystems to fix. -DG David Greenman Core-team/Principal Architect, The FreeBSD Project
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