On Wed, 23 Apr 2008 21:42:44 +0200 John Ogness <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi, > > I have posted version 0.0.1 of nullfs. This is a pass-through > stackable filesystem. It's only purpose is to test that the stackable > filesystem code is correctly implemented. > > It is hoped that nullfs will eventually become the official testing > ground for stackable filesystems and may provide a template/example > for those interested in developing their own stackable filesystems on > Linux. > > Eventually DazukoFS will be based on nullfs (instead of the FiST > project). In my opinion this first version of nullfs is already more > stable than the latest FiST release. > > If you are interested in helping bring DazukoFS to a stable release, > you can help a lot by testing nullfs. I plan to soon post a new > experimental pre-release of Dazuko 3.0, this time based on nullfs > instead of FiST. Improvements in nullfs will directly help to improve > Dazuko 3.0. > > The only missing feature of nullfs is write-support for memory mapped > files. Once I get that implemented, I will be posting nullfs to the > Linux kernel mailing list to see if we can get it mainline. This would > be an important first step towards moving Dazuko into the mainline > kernel. I peeked to the nullfs code and I think you will also need to allow stacking for the d_compare operation. At least isofs and vfat is using it. Good luck with the nullfs. It looks good. > Be sure to read the README included in the nullfs distribution. nullfs > will work as a kernel module and without any kernel patches. Linux > 2.6.21 or higher is required. > > John Ogness > > -- > Dazuko Maintainer -- Regards, Frantisek Hrbata _______________________________________________ Dazuko-devel mailing list [email protected] http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/dazuko-devel
