On Fri, Aug 27, 2004 at 12:30:19AM +0200, Felipe Alfaro Solana wrote: > On Thursday 26 August 2004 23:05, David Lang wrote: > > > I also don't see why the VFS/Filesystem can't decide that (for example) > > this tar.gz is so active that instead of storing it as a tar.gz and > > providing a virtual directory of the contents that it instead stores the > > directory of the contents and makes the tar.gz virtual (regenerating it as > > needed or as extra system resources are available) > > Because that would mean the kernel should "talk" the tar format, which is, > IMHO, a Bad Idea (TM). Maybe the kernel could notify a user-space daemon to > perform this task, instead.
Wasn't HURD supposed to do this for us? -- Chris Dukes Warning: Do not use the reflow toaster oven to prepare foods after it has been used for solder paste reflow. http://www.stencilsunlimited.com/stencil_article_page5.htm
