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Date:      08 Apr 2001 15:38:51 +0200
From:      Dag-Erling Smorgrav <des@ofug.org>
To:        Boris Popov <bp@butya.kz>
Cc:        freebsd-fs@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/sys/fs/pseudofs pseudofs.c pseudofs.h         pseudofs_fileno.c pseudofs_internal.h pseudofs_vncache.c         pseudofs_vnops.c
Message-ID:  <xzpg0fjbjf8.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no>
In-Reply-To: Boris Popov's message of "Sun, 8 Apr 2001 19:06:48 %2B0700 (ALMST)"
References:  <Pine.BSF.4.21.0104081856460.83712-100000@lion.butya.kz>

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Boris Popov <bp@butya.kz> writes:
> On Sat, 7 Apr 2001, Dag-Erling Smorgrav wrote:
> >   Log:
> >   Let pseudofs into the warmth of the FreeBSD CVS repo.
> 	Good work. However, it is possible to make pfs_get_fileno() and
> pfs_free_fileno() functions available as separate (from pseudofs) entity
> with ability to be attached to mount point ? Many fs'es need their own
> inode number generator and having generic one would be nice.

Actually, a generic (not vfs-specific) "unique numeric ID allocator"
would be useful for many applications, including PID and TCP port
allocation.  But right now I'd rather concentrate on getting pseudofs
done and {,lin}procfs converted.

DES
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Dag-Erling Smorgrav - des@ofug.org

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