diff --git a/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2016-07-2016-09.xml b/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2016-07-2016-09.xml index 08b468295e..21efcb6e26 100644 --- a/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2016-07-2016-09.xml +++ b/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2016-07-2016-09.xml @@ -1006,4 +1006,50 @@ headers. + + + VirtualBox Shared Folders Filesystem + + + + + Li-Wen + Hsu + + lwhsu@FreeBSD.org + + + + + Oleksandr + Tymoshenko + + gonzo@FreeBSD.org + + + + + Project Repository + + + +

&os; provides an API for guest OSes to access shared folders on + the host OS so that the kernel driver can expose them to the + guest's userland. This project aims to add such functionality to + the VirtualBox Guest Additions driver.

+ +

Good progress was made over last few months. Developers were + able to mount a filesystem in read-only mode and, with some + limitations, in read-write mode. The implementation still lacks + some critical pieces, but the roadmap is clear.

+ + + + Finish the missing pieces. + + implement proper locking. + + general clean-up and bugfixes. + +