Xref: utzoo comp.unix.questions:26468 comp.sys.next:8966 Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!emory!audfax!arnold From: arnold@audiofax.com (Arnold Robbins) Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions,comp.sys.next Subject: Re: MACH kernel - source become pd? Keywords: MACH Message-ID: <278@audfax.audiofax.com> Date: 24 Oct 90 16:53:43 GMT References: <450@dill.UUCP> <26980@mimsy.umd.edu> <1369@mtxinu.UUCP> <3180@unisoft.UUCP> <1379@mtxinu.UUCP> Followup-To: comp.unix.questions Organization: AudioFAX Inc., Atlanta Lines: 19 |In article <3180@unisoft.UUCP> greywolf@unisoft.UUCP (The Grey Wolf) writes: ||And couldn't some other schmo just as ||easily come up with a scheme for a "Virtual File System" that wouldn't ||infringe upon Sun's vnode filesystem? In article <1379@mtxinu.UUCP> shore@mtxinu.com (Melinda Shore) writes: |Done, at Guelph University working together with CSRG. Dunno about |availability right now, but you can probably expect it as part of |4.4. It's a PD implementation of NFS. The vnode format is different, |so don't expect it to slide right in. Actually, it's available now, in 4.3-Reno. CSRG specifically states, though, that 4.3-Reno is not a "production" release. And you can definitely expect it as part of 4.4. -- Arnold Robbins AudioFAX, Inc. | Laundry increases 2000 Powers Ferry Road, #200 / Marietta, GA. 30067 | exponentially in the INTERNET: arnold@audiofax.com Phone: +1 404 933 7612 | number of children. UUCP: emory!audfax!arnold Fax-box: +1 404 618 4581 | -- Miriam Robbins