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From: Skip Tavakkolian <skip.tavakkolian@gmail.com>
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Date: Fri, 12 Dec 2014 07:47:12 -0800
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To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net>
Subject: Re: [9fans] FUSE on Plan9
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Drawterm exports local fs (ntfs, ext, etc.) to plan 9; you could make an exp=
ortfs only version.

Russ did 9pfuse several years ago; allows fuse fs access to Plan 9 file serv=
er. iirc worked with Linux and Mac OS X.=20


> On Dec 12, 2014, at 2:49 AM, Jens Staal <staal1978@gmail.com> wrote:
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> This might not be popular among most Plan9 users, but I started thinking a=
bout=20
> the possibility of FUSE on Plan9 after seeing the FUSE on WebDAV [1] proje=
ct.
> At least on 9front, WebDAV should be integrated in webfs.
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> Would this theoretically work? The advantage of FUSE is access to a number=
 of=20
> popular file systems (most notably ext4, NTFS, ZFS) and also many special-=

> purpose file systems.=20
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> It feels a bit round-about and wasteful to go via webfs, so I guess the mo=
st=20
> appropriate method would be to implement a FUSE library directly on top of=
 9P=20
> instead of the kernel VFS - possibly by porting the NetBSD=20
> librefuse/libperfused [2] or the OpenBSD libfuse [3]. The disadvantage wit=
h=20
> this approach is that I am far too inexperienced and have far too little t=
ime=20
> to actually attempt this.
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> What are your thoughts? Should I try to get the fuse-on-webdav working on=20=

> Plan9? Any other attempts with a more proper port/implementation already=20=

> ongoing?
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> 1. https://github.com/rianhunter/davfuse
> 2. http://netbsd.gw.com/cgi-bin/man-cgi?perfused+8+NetBSD-6.0
> 3. http://undeadly.org/cgi?action=3Darticle&sid=3D20131108082749
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