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authorscolobb <scolobb@web>2009-08-10 17:57:01 +0000
committerGNU Hurd web pages engine <web-hurd@gnu.org>2009-08-10 17:57:01 +0000
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@@ -161,30 +161,38 @@ For documentation, see [[hurd/translator/unionmount]].
device port was created for it. Minor modifications to some
conditions solved the problem.
-* **Add the `MASTER` node to `eth-multiplexer`** *(5 Aug)* Instances
- of `devnode` can now use the root node of `eth-multiplexer` as a
- pseudo master device port, but, as of now, accessing the root node
- creates only *one* device. This has to be fixed and the
- corresponding functionality has to be moved into the `MASTER` node,
- published by the eth-multiplexer.
+* **Add the `MASTER` node to `eth-multiplexer`** *(5 Aug)* The
+ `MASTER` node, published by eth-multiplexer, allows creating any
+ number of virtual devices. This node is mainly accessed by static
+ instances of `devnode` to setup their corresponding virtual devices.
-* **Add support for priorities** *(6 Aug)* Due to the specific nature
- of mountee's filesystem, priorities are not currently supported for
- it.
+* **Add support for priorities** *(6 Aug)* Now the mountee's
+ filesystem can be configured to "lie" beneath other filesystems.
+
+* **Use `unionmount` to merge the virtual filesystem of
+ `eth-multiplexer` with its underlying filesystem** *(7 Aug)*
+ `eth-multiplexer` can is unionmounted to "lie beneath" it's
+ underlying filesystem. If, for example, the multiplexer is
+ unionmounted on `veth/`, the user can both set (static) `devnode`
+ translator on the nodes shown in `veth/` and belonging to the
+ underlying filesystem and create normal virtual multiplexer devices
+ by accessing any node (not present in the underlying filesystem) and
+ opening a device using the port to the node as a pseudo device port.
+
+* **Rename the `MASTER` node into `.MASTER`** (7 Aug) This name seems
+ more natural for a special-purpose node.
+
+* **Set the stat information for `eth-multiplexer` nodes in
+ `netfs_validate_stat`** (9 Aug) In the initial version the stat
+ information was set up properly only at device creation. Before
+ that the stat information was copied from the underlying node, which
+ baffled `unionmount`. Now the stat information is setup in
+ `netfs_validate_stat`.
### TODO
(Dates in brackets show the *expected* completion date)
-* **Use `unionmount` to merge the virtual filesystem of
- `eth-multiplexer` with its underlying filesystem** *(7 Aug)* This
- will allow both setting static `devnode`s and accessing dynamic
- nodes under the eth-multiplexer's root node.
-
-* **Wrap the "--mount" patch series** *(11 Aug)* It's top priority to
- make do the final corrections to these patches and to apply them to
- the `master-unionmount` branch.
-
* **Wrap up the project for upstream inclusion.** *(20 Aug)*
`unionmount` is intended to be included upstream, therefore it
should be mostly complete and polished by the end of GSoC.