Subject: Re: dynamically growing ffs
To: Julian Assange <proff@suburbia.net>
From: Konrad Schroder <perseant@hhhh.org>
List: tech-userlevel
Date: 09/14/1999 13:49:41
[moved to tech-userlevel because this doesn't really have anything to do
with the kernel anymore]

On Tue, 14 Sep 1999, Julian Assange wrote:

> > In short, it would be cool if
> > 
> > 	- fsck_{f,l,ext2}fs all shared the same filesystem (not
> > 	  filestore) code;
> > 	- {dump,dump_,fsck_,new,tune}f?fs all shared the same
> > 	  filesystem and filestore code;
> > 	- the separation of function between the various utilities
> > 	  remained clear.
> > 
> > 						Konrad Schroder
> > 						perseant@hhhh.org
> 
> Sure, I agree. Do you volunteer?

I'm actually already working on the first point as part of my effort to
make LFS usable (starting with dump, since I've already got a
fsck, albeit a divergent one).

Does anyone have objections to PR 8317, or the procedure outlined in it for
abstracting away the filestore layer?
						Konrad Schroder
						perseant@hhhh.org