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- Update the status of TMPFS and PXE Installer.

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- Add me as a technical contact for the TMPFS entry, I know a little bit
  about the current status of the port.
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<a name="p-tmpfs"></a>
<h2>TMPFS</h2>
<p><strong>Technical contact</strong>: <a
href="mailto:netchild@FreeBSD.org">&a.netchild;</a></p>
<p>At the moment FreeBSD includes a memory-based file system called mfs.
mfs is just an implementation of the regular ffs - designed for
persistent storage - on top of the (volatile) virtual memory system.
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</ul>
<p><a href="mailto:rohitj@purpe.com">Rohit Jalan</a> has begun <a
href="http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-hackers/2006-February/015575.html">porting</a>
the NetBSD tmpfs to FreeBSD. More information about the current status and
progress is available <a href="http://download.purpe.com/tmpfs">here</a>.</p>
the NetBSD tmpfs to FreeBSD. The source and some benchmarks can be found
<a href="http://download.purpe.com/tmpfs">here</a>. Before it can enter the
tree locking has to be added. Rohit has no time to work on it in the next
months, any volunteer is welcome to continue his work.</p>
<p><strong>Requirements</strong>:</p>
<ul>
<li>Ability to read and understand foreign C code.</li>
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This would be very helpful for installing cluster nodes, etc.</p>
<p><a href="mailto:m@FreeBSD.org">Markus Boelter</a> is <a
href="http://wikitest.freebsd.org/MarkusBoelter">working</a> on a bundled
PXE installer as part of Google Summer of Code 2006.</p>
PXE installer as part of his BSDInstaller project withhin the Google Summer
of Code 2006. The PXE Installer is working but some non-PXE related issues
have to be solved before it can enter the tree.</p>
<p><strong>Requirements</strong>:</p>
<ul>
<li>Good PXE knowledge.</li>