Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S264976AbTF2UdW (ORCPT ); Sun, 29 Jun 2003 16:33:22 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S265091AbTF2UdW (ORCPT ); Sun, 29 Jun 2003 16:33:22 -0400 Received: from smtp-out.comcast.net ([24.153.64.116]:174 "EHLO smtp-out.comcast.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S264976AbTF2Ucx (ORCPT ); Sun, 29 Jun 2003 16:32:53 -0400 Date: Sun, 29 Jun 2003 16:45:26 -0400 From: rmoser Subject: Re: File System conversion -- ideas In-reply-to: <20030629202509.GJ27348@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk> To: viro@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Message-id: <200306291645260040.024A1C0C@smtp.comcast.net> MIME-version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Calypso Version 3.30.00.00 (3) Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT References: <200306291011.h5TABQXB000391@81-2-122-30.bradfords.org.uk> <20030629132807.GA25170@mail.jlokier.co.uk> <3EFEEF8F.7050607@post.pl> <20030629192847.GB26258@mail.jlokier.co.uk> <20030629194215.GG27348@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk> <200306291545410600.02136814@smtp.comcast.net> <20030629200020.GH27348@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk> <20030629202509.GJ27348@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1285 Lines: 34 *********** REPLY SEPARATOR *********** On 6/29/2003 at 9:25 PM viro@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk wrote: >On Sun, Jun 29, 2003 at 01:19:24PM -0700, Davide Libenzi wrote: > >> > AFAICS, it is _very_ hard to implement. Even outside of the kernel. >> > If you can get it done - well, that might do a lot for having the >> > idea considered seriously. "Might" since you need to do it in a way >> > that would survive transplantation into the kernel _and_ would scale >> > better that O((number of filesystem types)^2). >> >> Maybe defining a "neutral" metadata export/import might help in limiting >> such NFS^2 ... > >Go for it - do it in userland, define the mapping between various sorts >of metadata and let's see how well you can make it work. Have fun. You sound like virt >- >To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in >the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org >More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html >Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/