Date: Thu, 12 Jun 1997 08:35:50 -0700 (PDT) From: Ian Struble <ian@ian.broken.net> To: Stephen McKay <syssgm@dtir.qld.gov.au> Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG, istruble@cs.ucsb.edu Subject: Re: user-mode nfs daemon Message-ID: <XFMail.970612085607.ian@ian.broken.net> In-Reply-To: <199706120856.SAA25570@ogre.dtir.qld.gov.au>
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On 12-Jun-97 Stephen McKay wrote: >On Wednesday, 11th June 1997, Doug Rabson wrote: > >>On Wed, 11 Jun 1997, Joseph D. Orthoefer wrote: >> >>> Has anyone ported the usermode nfs server from linux to freebsd? >> >>Why do you want this to work? The kernel NFS server is probably a lot >>more efficient. > >Ah, yes, but the user mode one would be so much easier to change. No need >for continuous build/reboot/login cycles. Once you have a user mode NFS >server, you can tweak it to be a compressed file system, a crypto file system, >or even an ftp converter. I think it would be cool to just do: > >$ cd /ftp/ftp.cdrom.com/pub/FreeBSD >$ ls -l >$ more README > >I think a user mode NFS server could become a hotbed of interesting >development. All sorts of border-line-insane file system ideas could >be explored with little danger to your kernel, and hence the rest of >your file systems. What was that recent thread about a "tar" file system? >Could scotty be interfaced with an NFS server to produce a file system of >SNMP data? Could the DNS be similarly mapped? A special exploded CVS >view where every release tree and every file revision is available for >instant examination with ls, more, diff, wc, or whatever. There is actually already something very similar called UFO. In a nutshell it extends a users filesystem via FTP and HTTP modules, but other protocols can be supported with their own modules. And I know for a fact that we will be doing a FreeBSD port as soon as the current revisions are completed because I'll be doing it myself. Anyhow take a look... http://www.cs.ucsb.edu/research/ufo Ian ---- Ducharme's Axiom: If you view your problem closely enough you will recognize yourself as part of the problem. ----
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