Re: VFS commit schedule HEADS UP, and vfsx24.patch available - vfs work (expert developers only)

[Sean Hogan <shogun70@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

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