torvalds@transmeta.com (Linus Torvalds) wrote on 12.08.00 in <Pine.LNX.4.10.10008122210440.2131-100000@penguin.transmeta.com>:
> Ok. Let's focus a bit.
>
> Resource forks. HFS. NTFS. Real filesystems. Stuff that cannot sanely be
> done in user space.
>
> The "tarfs" thing is a complete red herring. It _can_ sanely be done in
> user space. That's how it's been done for the last 30 years.
That's one part. Another - and I'll grant you it's an almost completely
independent part - is having user level filesystems, both the full kind
and (if the stream support gets done as mounts, like Al wants) as mini-
filesystems.
Once both exist, tarfs (and ftpfs and many other things) is just a SMOP.
Incidentally, is there any *real* problem with the current VFS and user
space filesystems, or is that a SMOP?
MfG Kai
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