Hi Ben, On 11.02.2018 02:12, Nobody III wrote: > In order to make the VFS sufficiently dynamic, it seems that the > Dir_file_system code just needs more sophisticated code to handle config > updates. Am I correct?
Yes. > As for my VFS plugin, I need a way for it to access the rest of the VFS, > particularly the root directory. As far as I can tell, this isn't > possible with the current VFS code. How should we change this? It would > allow my planned transparent link VFS plugin to work, as well as others > such as copy-on-write union directories. You are spot-on! We definitely need to pass the root directory to VFS plugins. Actually, I also desperately need this feature. :-) However, right now, we deliberately postpone the addition of new VFS features as we first need to fully nurture the code that we already have. A look at the issue tracker [1] reveals the construction sites that should be wrapped up first. [1] https://github.com/genodelabs/genode/search?q=vfs&state=open&type=Issues&utf8=%E2%9C%93 Cheers Norman -- Dr.-Ing. Norman Feske Genode Labs https://www.genode-labs.com · https://genode.org Genode Labs GmbH · Amtsgericht Dresden · HRB 28424 · Sitz Dresden Geschäftsführer: Dr.-Ing. Norman Feske, Christian Helmuth ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot _______________________________________________ genode-main mailing list genode-main@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/genode-main
