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diff --git a/Hurd/TranslatorWishList.mdwn b/Hurd/TranslatorWishList.mdwn index fc4a85ee..70f651df 100644 --- a/Hurd/TranslatorWishList.mdwn +++ b/Hurd/TranslatorWishList.mdwn @@ -1,6 +1,8 @@ ## <a name="Introduction"> Introduction </a> -The idea behind file system translators is a powerful concept which hasn't recieved much attention in the mainstream computing world. So here is a list of interesting translators I've been able to dream up. I'm sure there are many more ideas floating around out there, so add them to the list! The [ferris project](http://witme.sourceforge.net/libferris.web/features.html) has some great ideas and code in the area of userspace dynamic filesystems. +The idea behind file system translators is a powerful concept which hasn't recieved much attention in the mainstream computing world. So here is a list of interesting translators I've been able to dream up. I'm sure there are many more ideas floating around out there, so add them to the list! + +The [ferris project](http://witme.sourceforge.net/libferris.web/features.html) has some great ideas and code in the area of userspace dynamic filesystems, as has the [FUSE project](http://fuse.sourceforge.net/). ## <a name="Audio_cdfs"> Audio\_cdfs </a> @@ -56,6 +58,8 @@ Perl is a wonderful language for hacking together something useful in a short am } translator_startup(); +A Perl translator has been started by [John Edwin Tobey](http://john-edwin-tobey.org/Hurd/) (pith). + ## <a name="Source_code"> Source code </a> Here's a crazy thought. How about a translator for source code. You have a C source file like `hello.c` which is your normal everyday file. But there's a translator sitting underneath, so when you `cd hello.c` you get a directory with files like `main()` which represent the subroutines in `hello.c`. And of course you should be able to edit/remove those and have it modify the original source. @@ -133,4 +137,28 @@ You can optionally just edit the bd/birthdays file if you want to edit the confi bd/birthdays $ +## <a name="LVM"> </a> LVM + +A translator to access block devices from Linux's [Logical Volume Management](http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/LVM-HOWTO/) would be an useful addition. + + # settrans -cap /dev/VolumeGroup0 /hurd/lvm /dev/PhysicalVolume0 /dev/PhysicalVolume1 ... + # ls /dev/VolumeGroup0/ + home + var + # settrans -cap /home /hurd/ext2fs /dev/VolumeGroup0/home + # settrans -cap /var /hurd/ext2fs /dev/VolumeGroup0/var + +Probably both [LVM2](http://sourceware.org/lvm2/) and the [Device-mapper](http://sourceware.org/dm/) need to be ported. + +## <a name="bridging_translator"> bridging translator </a> + +A [bridging](http://bridge.sourceforge.net/faq.html) translator could improve the Hurd's networking facilities. + + # settrans -cap /dev/br0 /hurd/bridge -i eth0 -i eth1 ... + # settrans -cap /servers/socket/2 /hurd/pfinet -i /dev/br0 -a ... -g ... -m ... + +Perhaps Linux's bridging code and [utilities](http://bridge.sourceforge.net/) can be ported (or glued in) or code from one of the BSDs. + +---- + -- [[Main/GregBuchholz]] - updated 17 Oct 2003 |