hi, > Hi folks, > > after getting stuck in the 1st implementation in the rump/puffs/refuse jungle > i started a new version that is more in line with the Solaris implementation > and is far less invasive. > > Basicly the system call forwards the requests using ioctl's just like Solaris > and, as it turns out, also FreeBSD with their ZFS import. For simplicity and > to reduce compat stuff i've used the same ioctls FreeBSD defines. FreeBSDs > support is limited though; only ZFS handles them. The ioctl names are not > documented yet. > > The new implementation presents the default one-blob for file systems that > don't implement it. For NetBSD its currently implemented for UFS and is tested > for FFS with/without WAPBL, ext2fs and lfs. It is present in our ZFS import > but aparently disabled still and i dont have a ZFS partition to play with. I > might be tempted to try it later on my scratch machine :) UDF is next but > shouldn't be that difficult.
why is the VOP_FSYNC call necessary? YAMAMOTO Takashi > > Rests the userland tool awareness and utilizing but thats phase 2. > > With regards, > Reinoud
