On Fri 2008-04-25 22:56:53 UTC+0200, David Naylor ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> Has there been any progress on the tarfs, or any place one can find the > current sources for it? Quoting http://www.googlebit.com/doku.php?id=tarfs : "tarfs is a tar file system implementation for FreeBSD. The current goals are: * Support all standard read-only operations, just like a real file system. * Support large tar files (several gb's) * Use minimal memory * Allow using tar file as a root file system * Fast enough to actually use Here's the current state of things: * Mounts tar files (after using mdconfig to create a device) * Can do most operations on the fs * Supports large tar files * Uses a relatively small amount of memory - proportional to number of files/dirs * Fairly fast Here's the current issues still needing resolution: * No `..' directory in root of mounted tar file system * Locking issues regarding `..' in subdirs off root of fs * No block/char special device support. Needed? * Needs a directory cache (like dirhash maybe?) * Have not yet tried as a root fs Snapshot of the current code can be found here: tarfs-2008-01-20.tar.gz" _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
