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author | Samuel Thibault <samuel.thibault@ens-lyon.org> | 2015-02-18 00:58:35 +0100 |
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committer | Samuel Thibault <samuel.thibault@ens-lyon.org> | 2015-02-18 00:58:35 +0100 |
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Revert "rename open_issues.mdwn to service_solahart_jakarta_selatan__082122541663.mdwn"
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diff --git a/open_issues/libnetfs_passive_translators.mdwn b/open_issues/libnetfs_passive_translators.mdwn new file mode 100644 index 00000000..c89d27f7 --- /dev/null +++ b/open_issues/libnetfs_passive_translators.mdwn @@ -0,0 +1,55 @@ +[[!meta copyright="Copyright © 2013 Free Software Foundation, Inc."]] + +[[!meta license="""[[!toggle id="license" text="GFDL 1.2+"]][[!toggleable +id="license" text="Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this +document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2 or +any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant +Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license +is included in the section entitled [[GNU Free Documentation +License|/fdl]]."]]"""]] + +[[!tag open_issue_hurd]] + + +# IRC, freenode, #hurd, 2013-07-15 + + <teythoon> is there a libnetfs based translator that supports passive + translators? + <youpi> I don't see any at the top of my head, only with active ones such + as hostmux + <teythoon> I suspected as much since as far as I can tell libnetfs lacks + some bits to make that even work + <braunr> teythoon: the problem with passive translators is persistence + <braunr> well, it's easy to store volatile passive translators in a + libnetfs server + <braunr> but usually, there is no backing store for them + <braunr> ext2fs is the only one actually providing space to store their + command line + <teythoon> sure, but at least file_get_translator needs to work so that + procfs can serve a mounts node + <braunr> silly idea but + <braunr> don't you want to directly add it to the procfs translator ? + <teythoon> no, I think it's useful on its own + <braunr> ok + <braunr> then you may need to add the required support + <teythoon> it even doubles as normal command line tool + <teythoon> yes, I almost got it... or so I hope ;) + <braunr> ok + <teythoon> also, netfs_get_translator exists, so not supporting that feels + like a bug to me + <teythoon> could also be useful for a potential devfs translator + <braunr> yes + + <teythoon> uh, the code duplication in lib*fs is really bad :/ + <teythoon> the code is mostly similar, though they have diverged and many + little things are different so diffing them is very noisy + <teythoon> stuff like file names or identifiers + <teythoon> and I cannot figure out why my shiny passive translators are not + started :/ + <teythoon> % showtrans tmp/mounts + <teythoon> /hurd/mtab.fixed / + <teythoon> % wc --bytes tmp/mounts + <teythoon> 0 tmp/mounts + <teythoon> and no mtab translator around either + +[[hurd/translator/mtab/discussion]]. |