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From: david@elroy.Jpl.Nasa.Gov (David Robinson)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.ultrix
Subject: Re: Gnodes...
Message-ID: <16312@elroy.Jpl.Nasa.Gov>
Date: 1 Jun 89 02:59:18 GMT
References: <2162@blake.acs.washington.edu> <6990@cbmvax.UUCP>
Reply-To: david@elroy.UUCP (David Robinson)
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In article <6990@cbmvax.UUCP> grr@cbmvax.UUCP (George Robbins) writes:
>In article <2162@blake.acs.washington.edu> mtsu@blake.UUCP (Montana State) writes:
>>  ...  While we're on the subject... are gnodes
>> abstractions of inodes??

>Yeah.  gnodes are extensions of Suns vnodes which are extensions of the
>traditional inodes.

I understand vnodes quite well, could someone explain in detail the
differences between a gnode and a vnode, I assume DEC didn't just
make gratuitous changes.

If you can't supply the detail, could someone point me at any papers
on the topic or even mail me copies of the applicable ".h" files
so I can compare them with the vnode ".h" files?


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