From e0c3e37c0f6ff530d0179ba7f9ac8263433e5d16 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Alexander Leidinger Date: Tue, 1 May 2007 08:36:50 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Add more recent info for the TMPFS entry. --- en/projects/ideas/ideas.xml | 17 ++++++----------- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-) diff --git a/en/projects/ideas/ideas.xml b/en/projects/ideas/ideas.xml index 32e3b97954..dbd71e013b 100644 --- a/en/projects/ideas/ideas.xml +++ b/en/projects/ideas/ideas.xml @@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ Ideas//EN" - $FreeBSD: www/en/projects/ideas/ideas.xml,v 1.21 2007/04/21 14:15:51 delphij Exp $ + $FreeBSD: www/en/projects/ideas/ideas.xml,v 1.22 2007/04/22 20:24:17 netchild Exp $ @@ -85,9 +85,10 @@ Ideas//EN" TMPFS -

Technical contact: Technical contacts: Alexander Leidinger, - Howard SU

+ Howard SU, + Glen Leeder

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. @@ -100,14 +101,8 @@ Ideas//EN"

  • Port the tmpfs file system.
  • Adopt the documentation (including the file system how-to)
    • -

    Rohit Jalan has begun porting - the NetBSD tmpfs to FreeBSD. The source and some benchmarks can be found - here. Before it can enter the - tree locking has to be added. There are also some bugs to take - care of. Rohit has no time to work on it in the next months, any volunteer is - welcome to continue his work.

    +

    Howard an Glen are working on this, the current status is available + in the wiki.

    Requirements:

    • Ability to read and understand foreign C code.