Will Andrews wrote: > On Thu, May 20, 2004 at 02:44:06PM -0400, Jesse Guardiani wrote: >> It seems like GEOM functions as a bit of a disk >> abstraction layer in FreeBSD. Would it be possible >> to port the GEOM subsystem as a loadable kernel >> module to Linux (and perhaps other OSes) to >> facilitate pluggable, portable filesystem code? > > GEOM is below the filesystem layer and thus wouldn't help you > with the filesystem portability issue. Well, that's kinda the point. If you want to port filesystems to multiple architectures/OSes, then you need a common underlying infrastructure. I was thinking GEOM might be it. Plus, GEOM makes GBDE encrypted volumes possible. -- Jesse Guardiani, Systems Administrator WingNET Internet Services, P.O. Box 2605 // Cleveland, TN 37320-2605 423-559-LINK (v) 423-559-5145 (f) http://www.wingnet.netReceived on Fri May 21 2004 - 04:40:38 UTC
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