FUSE - implementing filesystems in user space [LWN.net]

FUSE - implementing filesystems in user space

Posted Jan 29, 2004 3:54 UTC (Thu) by iabervon (subscriber, #722)
In reply to: FUSE - implementing filesystems in user space by flewellyn
Parent article: FUSE - implementing filesystems in user space

I think it's a good idea to support microkernel-like behavior, so that
users can trade off performance for isolation. I'd certainly prefer that
drivers be in userspace when performance isn't an issue; if my PDA sync
takes twice as many context switches, I probably won't even notice the
difference, but I will be glad if it doesn't take the system down if it
is buggy. On the other hand, I don't think that Linux will get
particularly micro; just because you can have filesystems and drivers in
userspace doesn't mean that having your root filesystem or video drivers
in userspace is going to be a good idea.

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