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On Tue, Jul 19, 2005 at 10:00:04PM +0200, Julio M. Merino Vidal wrote:
> On 7/19/05, Matt Thomas <matt@3am-software.com> wrote:
> > Julio M. Merino Vidal wrote:
> >=20
> > One thing you may want to consider is that eventually that the tmpfs
> > maybe replace the current md-root mechanism but using an external tool
> > to write a tmpfs into a kernel.
>=20
> Good idea.
>=20
> > > Suppressing the former (merging it with directory contents,
> > > thus becoming something like the FAT) means that
> > > implementing hard links becomes very complex, so the
> > > separation is worth it.
> >=20
> > Directories are just files and should be kept in the format returned
> > by getdents(2).
>=20
> Aha.

Try getdirents for now. Later on we can play with this. You can also=20
"borrow" code from the ufs lookup code.

> > I would use pools, not malloc/free.
>=20
> Oh.  I wasn't aware of these "pools", but as you say it, they seem
> to be The Solution.  I'll take a look at them.

Yes, please do.

Take care,

Bill

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