Re: tmpfs port

[~Dion <tenzero@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Dennis Melentyev wrote:
> Hi Dion,
>
> 2009/2/6 ~Dion <tenzero@iinet.net.au>:
> > Hi Everyone,
> >
> > I am interested in the tmpfs porting project. To determine
> > if it is a reasonable goal for me, I've been trying to do some reading on
> > the subject.
> >
> > I was wondering if anyone had any recommendations on
> > readings, either related to other ports of tmpfs or the
> > structure of the dragonfly kernel.
> >
> > I have the text books, Design & Implementation of 4.4 BSD
> > and Design & Implementation of FreeBSD (5.2).
> >
> > I have also pulled down GSOC submissions relating to the
> > NetBSD port of tmpfs and the NetBSD Internals documentation.
> >
> > I am curious as to how much the dragonfly kernel is
> > different from the freeBSD kernel with respect to things
> > like virtual memory and vfs.
>
> As far as I know, both VM and VFS layers are seriously different from
> FreeBSD. They should be much more consistent in DragonFly.
> Also, my knowledge comes only after lurking at this mailing list, so I
> can't tell you more details.
>
> I suppose, you've already read articles at
> http://www.dragonflybsd.org/docs/developer/. If not, it's definitely a
> good choice to start with.
>
> Good luck with your project

Thanks Dennis. I have been going through the developer docs.

If anyone can point to some good docs on DragonFly's Vm and 
VFS layers, I would really appreciate it.

Cheers.
D.