FreeLists / openbeos / [openbeos] Re: OpenBFS and Zeta

["Bruno G. Albuquerque" <bga@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Sat, 29 Mar 2003 10:12:12 -0500, Francis Parsons said:

> Just a question for the OpenBFS folks: on one of the YellowTab forums 
> it 
> was mentioned that Zeta currently has problems working with 
> OpenBFS  volumes.  If I remember correctly, YT said they thought this 
> incompatibility would have to be fixed on the OpenBFS side, and want 
> to 
> contact the OpenBFS team to fix the problem.
> 
> Can you comment on the nature of this problem, and have you already 
> been 
> working with YellowTab on this?

I have no idea about what you're talking. :) One thing I do know is 
that Zeta is, essentially, an updated Dano (yeah, I know people say it 
is not, but it is, believe-me) and Dano requires all FS add-ons to 
support the APM standby mode (wake_vnode() and suspend_vnode() calls). 
OpenBFS does implement both as no-ops (they just return B_OK all the 
time). It *DOES* work with Dano (Axel, for instance, uses Dano as his 
main OS) and unless they're alking about something else, it should work 
in Zeta too.

We have not been contacted by anyone at YellowTab, BTW.

-Bruno


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