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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


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