Date: Thu, 25 Jul 1996 19:42:10 +0100 (BST) From: Doug Rabson <dfr@render.com> To: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@critter.tfs.com> Cc: "John S. Dyson" <toor@dyson.iquest.net>, Michael Hancock <michaelh@cet.co.jp>, freebsd-fs@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Union mounts and other mounts Message-ID: <Pine.BSI.3.95.960725193820.24582D-100000@minnow.render.com> In-Reply-To: <1028.838313231@critter.tfs.com>
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On Thu, 25 Jul 1996, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote: > 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. Is Kirk going to attack some of the same issues as Terry is talking about? To improve my own understanding of the interface, I just started writing manpages for the VFS entry points and VOP_LOOKUP makes me feel ill :-). Does anyone else have any documentation on our VFS interface? Does anyone feel like reviewing my efforts? -- Doug Rabson, Microsoft RenderMorphics Ltd. Mail: dfr@render.com Phone: +44 171 251 4411 FAX: +44 171 251 0939
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