Matthew Dillon wrote:
> :Wouldn't UNIONFS and NULLFS be just as suited to being implemented in
> :userland as any filesystem?
> :
> :I anticipated some daemon vaguely akin to amd which handles requests to
> :union and null mounted filesystems. And portalfs, etc, etc. Any
> :filesystem that is more-or-less a redirection service.
> :
> :If the user VFS API was ready you might also get more filesystem
> :developers. Or lower quality filesystem developers. Or a free set of
> :steak knives.
> :
> :cheers,
> :SDH
>
> I would say so, but a prerequisit to the user VFS layering is kernel
> VFS threading which I haven't gotten to yet. The current VFS patch set
> is focused on the VOP_*() API fixes and namecache conversion (which
> themselves are prereqs to being able to properly thread VFS).
>
> -Matt
> Matthew Dillon
> <dillon@backplane.com>
Um, yes. Just like you said in your VFS roadmap back with your first
VFS patch. I forgot/didn't read it properly.
Apologies.
SDH