FUSE in kernel 2.6.14 and userspace support for it

Josh Boyer jwboyer at jdub.homelinux.org
Mon Sep 19 11:22:52 UTC 2005


On Mon, 2005-09-19 at 11:42 +0200, Rok Ruzic wrote:
> 
> > On Fri, 2005-09-16 at 18:46 +0530, Rahul Sundaram wrote:
> > > Rok Ruzic wrote:
> > > 
> > > >FUSE (Filesystem in USEr space) http://fuse.sf.net/ is being included in the mainline kernel 2.6.14. It has been in -mm since january 2005 and is now in -rc.
> > > >
> > > >FUSE consists of a kernel module and some userspace parts. Is there any initiative to provide the userspace parts of FUSE as a fedora package, since the fuse kernel module is being mainlined?
> > > >  
> > > >
> > > If the kernel parts are in mainline then user space stuff can be in 
> > > Fedora Extras. right?. If you are interested see 
> > > http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Extras
> > 
> > I think the first step is to see if DaveJ plans on even turning the
> > config option on in the kernel.  No need for user space tools if the
> > kernel side isn't there :).
> 
> Right. Is there a page that states what kernel options will be turned
> on, or should i wait for a reply from DaveJ here (or contact him
> directly)?

Thorsten already answered that:

http://cvs.fedora.redhat.com/viewcvs/rpms/kernel/devel/configs/config-generic?view=markup

> Is there another place to inquire whether somebody is alredy working
> on packaging FUSE userspace binaries?

You could ask on the fedora-extras list, but I don't know of anyone
doing that offhand.

> 
> If no packages are being made, then Richard Dawe has created fuse
> binary packages that are fully functional, but i have not checked whether
> they fully comply with the inclusion criteria. If there is any more work
> required on the packages, i will be helping him.

Cool.

josh




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