Date: Thu, 12 Jun 1997 10:45:50 -0500 From: Chris Csanady <ccsanady@friley01.res.iastate.edu> To: Stephen McKay <syssgm@dtir.qld.gov.au> Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: user-mode nfs daemon Message-ID: <199706121545.KAA19196@friley01.res.iastate.edu> In-Reply-To: Your message of Thu, 12 Jun 1997 18:56:35 %2B1000. <199706120856.SAA25570@ogre.dtir.qld.gov.au>
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>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: You don't want a user-mode nfs daemon, I believe you want the stackable fs layers. If you add compression, or encryption, or whatever, this would be a much nicer solution. I believe someone is working on porting the rest of the Heidemann stuff including some sort of user mode nfslike daemon which is useful for debugging layers.. This is something I would really like to see done. > >$ 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. Again, look at the Heidemann papers.. this is a much better starting point. > >All crazy, but kind of interesting. Maybe some are even useful. Definately.. Chris
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