Re: Regarding a Simple Version of nfs & nfsd

["Fawad Lateef" <fawadlateef@gmail.com>]

On 3/21/06, Avishay Traeger <atraeger@cs.sunysb.edu> wrote:
> On Tue, 2006-03-21 at 20:27 +0500, Fawad Lateef wrote:
> > Let me re-draw the diagram you mentioned with my idea. The ascii art :)
> >
> > Client Side
> >      |
> > sys_read
> >      |
> >    vfs
> >      |
> >  client fs    ................... The fs running on client side, doing
> > nothing by itself, but provide support of mounting/unmounting,
> > readin/writing etc to client os
> >      |
> >   LAN
> >      |
> > stackable fs  .......... or you can say server daemon (accessing the real fs)
> >      |
> >    vfs
> >      |
> >   ext2
> >
> > I hope now I able to make you clear my idea. Or you can suggest any
> > better than this. (I am just interested, not going to make this kind
> > of FS as don't have time. But your idea might help the person asking
> > question (Uzair))
>
> OK.  In the original e-mail, I believe the idea was to use stackable
> file systems for both the client and the server.  In your design, you
> only use it for the server, so I guess you agree with me that using it
> on the client would be pointless.  And as we agreed earlier, using it on
> the server isn't such a good idea either, as you will need to throw out
> almost all of the code.
>

Yes 100% agreed :) Now as I know your are good in file-system side, so
it will be good if you suggest some better or same idea along-with
some code examples (or some projects on something similar) for others
:)

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Fawad Lateef