Coda File System

Re: FUSE, again

From: Brett Lymn <blymn_at_internode.on.net>
Date: Mon, 26 Nov 2018 07:48:09 +1030
On Fri, Nov 23, 2018 at 05:22:24PM -0500, Mahadev Satyanarayanan wrote:
> "Ask and thou shalt receive" :-)
> 
> We have been working on a FUSE-based mechanism for Coda, and should
> have a release in the near future.  There is a noticeable performance cost
> relative to using a kernel module, so I see the kernel module as continuing
> to be very valuable well into the future.   That said, having FUSE as a way
> to get going quickly on a platform if you don't have a kernel module is valuable.
> Jan can give more details on the implementation and comment on when
> a release might be available.  Maybe in time for Santa's visit :-)
> 

This is indeed good news, not only from the POV that coda can be made to
run on platforms that don't have the direct kernel support but also it
shows that coda is still being worked on - one of the factors
determining if something is dropped from an OS project is not just
whether or not it is used in the community but also if the "upstream" is
still alive.

-- 
Brett Lymn
Let go, or be dragged - Zen proverb.
Received on 2018-11-25 16:23:39