Date: Thu, 12 Jun 1997 12:20:41 +0200 (MET DST) From: hans@brandinnovators.com (Hans Zuidam) To: syssgm@dtir.qld.gov.au (Stephen McKay) Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG, syssgm@dtir.qld.gov.au Subject: Re: user-mode nfs daemon Message-ID: <199706121020.MAA24449@truk.brandinnovators.com> In-Reply-To: <199706120856.SAA25570@ogre.dtir.qld.gov.au> from Stephen McKay at "Jun 12, 97 06:56:35 pm"
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> Stephen McKay wrote: > 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: > > $ 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 crazy, but kind of interesting. Maybe some are even useful. What "we" really want is a good implementation (or maybe even documentation :-) ) of the stackable filesystem layers as described in: Stackable Layers: An Architecture for File System Development, John Shelby Heidemann, UCLA, 1991. Apparently it is available on-line as ftp.cs.ucla.edu:pub/ficus/ucla_csd_910056.ps Hans -- H. Zuidam E-Mail: hans@brandinnovators.com Brand Innovators B.V. P-Mail: P.O. Box 1377 de Pinckart 54 5602 BJ Eindhoven, The Netherlands 5674 CC Nuenen Tel. +31 40 2631134, Fax. +31 40 2831138
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