From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Nigel Roles" To: <9fans@cse.psu.edu> Subject: RE: [9fans] FreeBSD GEOM - a step toward User Level File systems in FreeBSD Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit In-Reply-To: <043701c2c093$19a0f6a0$6701a8c0@KIKE> Date: Mon, 20 Jan 2003 15:05:32 +0000 Topicbox-Message-UUID: 4444bbd8-eacb-11e9-9e20-41e7f4b1d025 Well, since it operates belong the bio level, I seriously doubt it is about to virtualize the file system interface. After all, that's already done, so why the need to invent something new? I don't think I'd better answer that. -----Original Message----- From: 9fans-admin@cse.psu.edu [mailto:9fans-admin@cse.psu.edu]On Behalf Of matt Sent: 20 January 2003 14:49 To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu Subject: [9fans] FreeBSD GEOM - a step toward User Level File systems in FreeBSD FreeBSD 5.0-current has a new feature called GEOM The man page is here : http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=geom&sektion=4&apropos=0&manpath=Fr eeBSD+5.0-current Although all the talk I've seen around it deals with real disks The framework looks like it will provide a path toward virtual filesystems [ at least that's what I can see 8) ]. The expermental module that someone has tried is a disk encryption filter. gdbe http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=gbde&sektion=4&apropos=0&manpath=Fr eeBSD+5.0-current So I live in anticipation of the day when I can type attach9p2000 192.168.1.109 /dev/9p0 8) m