Date: 06 May 1999 18:42:15 +0200 From: Dag-Erling Smorgrav <des@flood.ping.uio.no> To: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Adding desktop support Message-ID: <xzplnf2gnfc.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no> In-Reply-To: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG's message of "Wed, 05 May 1999 02:47:54 -0400" References: <199905050647.CAA32197@bellsouth.net>
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freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG writes: > > He is fixing the (currently completely bogus) vnode locking system so > > it will actually lock vnodes. The downside is, our current NFS > > implementation relies on vnode locking being broken. Fixing stacking > > layers will break NFS. > You're saying NFS isn't broken? ;) Heh :) What i meant was that fixing stacking layers will make NFS not work at all. I may be wrong; the right people to consult about this matter are eivind@freebsd.org and dillon@freebsd.org. > But more seriously, we do look forward to the day when the union > (tranluscent) filesystem is present in -STABLE and can be recommended > for production use. It *is* present in -STABLE, with a big warning in the man page, and it *will* work when Eivind is done. DES -- Dag-Erling Smorgrav - des@flood.ping.uio.no To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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