Daemon's Advocate article
Michel Talon
talon at lpthe.jussieu.fr
Mon Mar 1 13:15:54 PST 2004
Matthew Dillon <dillon at xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
news:200403012005.i21K5hFg077822 at xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx:
>
>:Egads! Matt, put down the painkillers!! 8-)
>:
>:I can just see it now... right next to 'page faults', we've got
>:'package faults'. We could even have a package pager, to
>:automatically do LRU analysis on packages, and delete them when we get
>:tight on space (of course, weighing in the speed of the network
>:connection).
>:
>:
>:--
>:Matthew Fuller (MF4839) | fullermd at xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
> And 'pkglock' to lock a package in so it isn't deleted by the LRU.
>
> Really, though, I think this might be a great idea whos time has
> come. Kinda like having an NFS mount over the internet, but with
> added security (local MD5 file for comparisons, multiple servers,
> load distribution, etc).
>
> Perfect for a userland VFS.
>
> -Matt
>
Yes, you are right, it is a great idea.
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