From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Fawad Lateef" Subject: Re: Regarding a Simple Version of nfs & nfsd Date: Tue, 21 Mar 2006 20:53:16 +0500 Message-ID: <1e62d1370603210753l4630e13ep9f14a41d7b4bc2b3@mail.gmail.com> References: <20060320041858.46219.qmail@web37909.mail.mud.yahoo.com> <1142896246.2914.5.camel@ool-44c32f98.dyn.optonline.net> <1e62d1370603210109t4910bc59ra817db695ed4c41c@mail.gmail.com> <1142946374.13939.9.camel@ool-44c32f98.dyn.optonline.net> <1e62d1370603210533m6271459h7027e394ef008e46@mail.gmail.com> <1142953747.13325.11.camel@rockstar.fsl.cs.sunysb.edu> <1e62d1370603210727q712c0cb9q2f17b2b6b42e48d9@mail.gmail.com> <1142955617.13711.3.camel@rockstar.fsl.cs.sunysb.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT Cc: "UZAIR LAKHANI" , linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org Return-path: Received: from zeus1.kernel.org ([204.152.191.4]:12491 "EHLO zeus1.kernel.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751817AbWCUPyW convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Tue, 21 Mar 2006 10:54:22 -0500 Received: from nproxy.gmail.com (nproxy.gmail.com [64.233.182.195]) by zeus1.kernel.org (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id k2LFsKcs020788 for ; Tue, 21 Mar 2006 15:54:21 GMT Received: by nproxy.gmail.com with SMTP id y25so1101837nfb for ; Tue, 21 Mar 2006 07:53:16 -0800 (PST) To: "Avishay Traeger" In-Reply-To: <1142955617.13711.3.camel@rockstar.fsl.cs.sunysb.edu> Content-Disposition: inline Sender: linux-fsdevel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-fsdevel.vger.kernel.org On 3/21/06, Avishay Traeger 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 :) -- Fawad Lateef