Tool to access ZFS/NFSv4 alternate data streams on FreeBSD?
John Baldwin
jhb at freebsd.org
Fri Oct 17 16:52:24 UTC 2014
On Wednesday, October 15, 2014 12:21:43 AM Lionel Cons wrote:
> On 18 September 2014 01:18, Rick Macklem <rmacklem at uoguelph.ca> wrote:
> > Well, first I believe the FreeBSD project (I refer to it as the
> > "collective" for want of a better word) needs to come to a consensus
> > that this should be done.
> >
> > As I understand it, the first step towards that is a post on
> > freebsd-arch@ proposing this work and why you think it is a good idea.
> >
> > Then, based upon the discussion/comments in response to this post, it will
> > hopefully become fairly clear if the "collective" is in favour
> > of doing this or not.
> >
> > Then, if the consensus is in favour, someone needs to do the
> > coding. (I have volunteered to at least look at the kernel changes,
> > but only the kernel changes.)
>
> Okay. I've just got the go-ahead, and initial funding :)
Do you have a proposed design for how you plan to implement O_XATTR? Also,
are you targeting a specific filesystem (e.g. ZFS?)
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John Baldwin
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