From owner-freebsd-fs Thu Jul 25 09:47:19 1996 Return-Path: owner-fs Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id JAA10463 for fs-outgoing; Thu, 25 Jul 1996 09:47:19 -0700 (PDT) Received: from critter.tfs.com ([140.145.230.177]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id JAA10432; Thu, 25 Jul 1996 09:47:09 -0700 (PDT) Received: from critter.tfs.com (localhost.tfs.com [127.0.0.1]) by critter.tfs.com (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id SAA01030; Thu, 25 Jul 1996 18:47:12 +0200 (MET DST) To: "John S. Dyson" cc: michaelh@cet.co.jp (Michael Hancock), freebsd-fs@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Union mounts and other mounts In-reply-to: Your message of "Thu, 25 Jul 1996 10:59:19 CDT." <199607251559.KAA00163@dyson.iquest.net> Date: Thu, 25 Jul 1996 18:47:11 +0200 Message-ID: <1028.838313231@critter.tfs.com> From: Poul-Henning Kamp Sender: owner-fs@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk In message <199607251559.KAA00163@dyson.iquest.net>, "John S. Dyson" writes: >> Terry, are you out there? >> >> Please upload your mega patches. I'm sure someone will take a look and >> maybe we can at least start with getting the locks fixed. >> >I want to consider including Terry's stuff. Even though I do filesystem >hacking from time to time, I think that we need to get agreement from >other's (on the team) on the changes. The changes have significant >architectural implications. > >At least, in certain areas, Terry is on the right track... We need to >get consensus on the changes. The last batch of changes don't fix all >of the problems, and Jeffery Hsu's stuff should be reviewed and appropriately >included also. I actually think that we are stagnating in this area a "little >bit." But again, I don't feel qualified to make wholesale changes in that >(the VFS) section of the kernel, without agreement from others... Anybody >have any ideas on this impasse? I agree. Jeff's changes have higher priority for me than Terrys, because they bring us closer to the codebase Kirk is hacking away on, and he has some nice things brewing too. -- Poul-Henning Kamp | phk@FreeBSD.ORG FreeBSD Core-team. http://www.freebsd.org/~phk | phk@login.dknet.dk Private mailbox. whois: [PHK] | phk@ref.tfs.com TRW Financial Systems, Inc. Future will arrive by its own means, progress not so.