From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Herbert Poetzl Subject: Re: Inherited Filesystem for Linux Date: Fri, 23 Apr 2004 15:25:20 +0200 Sender: linux-fsdevel-owner@vger.kernel.org Message-ID: <20040423132520.GA8201@MAIL.13thfloor.at> References: <40800BDB.3060104@beam.ltd.uk> <20040416174929.GA18647@MAIL.13thfloor.at> <4088E049.3040803@beam.ltd.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: Terry Barnaby , linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org Return-path: Received: from MAIL.13thfloor.at ([212.16.62.51]:39886 "EHLO mail.13thfloor.at") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S264815AbUDWNZV (ORCPT ); Fri, 23 Apr 2004 09:25:21 -0400 To: Terry Barnaby Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4088E049.3040803@beam.ltd.uk> List-Id: linux-fsdevel.vger.kernel.org On Fri, Apr 23, 2004 at 10:22:17AM +0100, Terry Barnaby wrote: > Hi Herbert, > > Thanks for setting up this Wiki for the template file system > I have added a few bits if that is Ok ? sure, that's the whole idea behind it ;) > Some words I notice missing from the Keywords and on the main page > is "Inherited" and "IFS". This is sometimes used for this type of file > system. okay, I'll add them next time I do a backup ... > Cheers > > Terry best, Herbert > Herbert Poetzl wrote: > >On Fri, Apr 16, 2004 at 05:37:47PM +0100, Terry Barnaby wrote: > > > >>Hi, > >> > >>Is there or is anyone working on an Inherited file sustem for Linux > >>(2.6.x kernels) ? > >>I have seen very old postings on this issue but nothing recent. > >> > >>If not is there any good documentation on how to implement a kernel > >>filesystem ? > >> > >>My application is a number of diskless nodes that I would like to share > >>a basic file system, but allowing each node to have differing files > >>for configuration differences etc. So any writes made to the > >>Inherited file system would result in a file copy from the underlying file > >>system and a write to the newly copied file. > > > > > >maybe this provides a good starting point: > > > > http://vserver.13thfloor.at/TBVFS/ > > > >best, > >Herbert > > > > > >>Cheers > >> > >>Terry > >>-- > >>Dr Terry Barnaby BEAM Ltd > >>Phone: +44 1454 324512 Northavon Business Center, Dean Rd > >>Fax: +44 1454 313172 Yate, Bristol, BS37 5NH, UK > >>Email: terry@beam.ltd.uk Web: www.beam.ltd.uk > >>BEAM for: Visually Impaired X-Terminals, Parallel Processing, Software > >> "Tandems are twice the fun !" > >>- > >>To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-fsdevel" > >>in > >>the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > >>More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > > > > > > -- > Dr Terry Barnaby BEAM Ltd > Phone: +44 1454 324512 Northavon Business Center, Dean Rd > Fax: +44 1454 313172 Yate, Bristol, BS37 5NH, UK > Email: terry@beam.ltd.uk Web: www.beam.ltd.uk > BEAM for: Visually Impaired X-Terminals, Parallel Processing, Software > "Tandems are twice the fun !" > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-fsdevel" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html