From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S263600AbUBNXyS (ORCPT ); Sat, 14 Feb 2004 18:54:18 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S263606AbUBNXyS (ORCPT ); Sat, 14 Feb 2004 18:54:18 -0500 Received: from MAIL.13thfloor.at ([212.16.62.51]:63631 "EHLO mail.13thfloor.at") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S263600AbUBNXyQ (ORCPT ); Sat, 14 Feb 2004 18:54:16 -0500 Date: Sun, 15 Feb 2004 00:54:15 +0100 From: Herbert Poetzl To: Chris Friesen Cc: Linux kernel Subject: Re: status of copy-on-write filesystem? Message-ID: <20040214235415.GA13839@MAIL.13thfloor.at> Mail-Followup-To: Chris Friesen , Linux kernel References: <402A46A7.9070302@nortelnetworks.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <402A46A7.9070302@nortelnetworks.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Wed, Feb 11, 2004 at 10:13:43AM -0500, Chris Friesen wrote: > > I'm doing some work where it would simplify things greatly to have > copy-on-write semantics available. > > I've seen overlayfs and the proposed "-union" option for mount, but > there doesn't seem to be anything thats really ready for serious use. > > Am I missing something? Is someone working on this? http://vserver.13thfloor.at/TBVFS no active work atm, but some info/links maybe HTH, Herbert > Thanks, > > Chris > > > -- > Chris Friesen | MailStop: 043/33/F10 > Nortel Networks | work: (613) 765-0557 > 3500 Carling Avenue | fax: (613) 765-2986 > Nepean, ON K2H 8E9 Canada | email: cfriesen@nortelnetworks.com > > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/