>> We've been pondering the idea of creating a kernel/user bounce module
>> to be able to write userspace "filesystem providers". Seems that this
>> exists there.
>> 
>> How I hate these licensing issues. FUSE is GPL, of course ...
>
>should not be a show stopper, imho. Project like this has clear API
>between kernel and user spaces. GPL is about API implementation, not API
>declaration.(I guess) As in case of FreeBSD, kernel part and ioctls code
>needs to be re-written under CDDL, while user part will remain GPL which
>is legal, AFAIK.


Well, I also think that the FS layer is substantially different;
so a bounce module would need to look different anyway.

Casper
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