Re: Project Suggestions
On 4 Jun 2001, Oystein Viggen wrote:
> Quoth Neal H Walfield:
>
> > ext2fs and ufs memory map the partition. I32 has a 4GB virtual address
> > space of which 2GB is owned by the kernel. Of the remaining 2GB, a task
> > has stack, the program image etc. That leaves just over a gig of
> > continuous space.
>
> Does this mean that to remove the limit, you basically need to totally
> reimplement the filesystem servers not using memory mapping? If you ask
> me, something to the gist of "Implementation of a filesystem for a UNIX
> system like microkernel operating system" sounds like a real impressing
> title for a masters project... Perhaps one could even throw in a few
> more buzzwords for good measure :)
Nice idea! :)
Bear with me, why is the filesystem servers using memory mapping in the
first place? I don't do filesystems for a living and have no idea why that
is a good thing. It sounds kind of broken somehow, but I guess there are
reasons?
/Andreas
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