Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 23 Mar 1998 14:28:14 -0500 | From | Raul Miller <> | Subject | Re: "Union" FS and IFS |
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On Mon, 23 Mar 1998, Scott Smyth wrote: > > I have been working on getting IFS in the 2.0.x kernel. However, > > recently I was pointed toward a reference to the "Union" FS, which > > I can only guess is IFS in user space. Does anyone know who was > > working on this or is working know?
FYI, Union FS is a concept from bsd of a few years ago. This was (if I remember correctly) a kernel implementation which let you overlay local storage on top of some other file system. (e.g. from a cdrom or an nfs server).
If you want to study it, I'd suggest pulling up bsd docs.
-- Raul
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