NetBSD/usr.sbin/makefs/TODO

$NetBSD: TODO,v 1.7 2007/12/10 23:54:35 dyoung Exp $

todo
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- read files from multiple directories with or without root
  specification, e.g., makefs -t cd9660 output.iso dir1 root2=dir2
  dir3 root4=dir4

- display block numbers for a given file (e.g, /boot)

- finish makefs.8

- testing

- even more testing

- add support for converting a tar file (instead of a directory tree);
  suggested by kpneal@pobox.com


outstanding bugs
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- size estimation is still out (need to take into account indirect blocks!)

- parameter checking when density is rather high or low.

- filling up a file system (running out of inodes or whatever)
  doesn't do the right thing.


discuss
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- consider replacing ffs_balloc() et al with own code that doesn't
  need hacked-up buf.c code

- whacking on newfs/mkfs.c to allow .PATH-ing directly into makefs(8).
  this would involve passing all of mkfs()'s parameters in a single
  struct rather than a lot of global vars, etc.
Add a todo item: read files from multiple directories. 2007-12-11 02:54:35 +03:00			$NetBSD: TODO,v 1.7 2007/12/10 23:54:35 dyoung Exp $
makefs - create a file system image from a directory tree. It doesn't need any special privileges or kernel devices. Only ffs image creation is supported at this time, although makefs has been designed to allow the addition of other file system formats by writing new back-ends. This program was designed & implemented by Luke Mewburn of Wasabi Systems. 2001-10-26 10:50:48 +04:00
typographical cleanups 2001-10-29 08:18:25 +03:00			`todo`
			`----`
makefs - create a file system image from a directory tree. It doesn't need any special privileges or kernel devices. Only ffs image creation is supported at this time, although makefs has been designed to allow the addition of other file system formats by writing new back-ends. This program was designed & implemented by Luke Mewburn of Wasabi Systems. 2001-10-26 10:50:48 +04:00
Add a todo item: read files from multiple directories. 2007-12-11 02:54:35 +03:00			`- read files from multiple directories with or without root`
			`specification, e.g., makefs -t cd9660 output.iso dir1 root2=dir2`
			`dir3 root4=dir4`

- clean up some debugging and verbose output - use fs_cstotal.cs_nifree rather than fs->fs_ncg * fs->fs_ipg to determine the number of free inodes available in the file system - don't count '.' (the root node for a level) in inode sizing, since the parent has already been counted - some more todo items 2002-02-06 05:17:14 +03:00			`- display block numbers for a given file (e.g, /boot)`

makefs - create a file system image from a directory tree. It doesn't need any special privileges or kernel devices. Only ffs image creation is supported at this time, although makefs has been designed to allow the addition of other file system formats by writing new back-ends. This program was designed & implemented by Luke Mewburn of Wasabi Systems. 2001-10-26 10:50:48 +04:00			`- finish makefs.8`

			`- testing`

			`- even more testing`

a possible feature... 2001-10-28 16:12:50 +03:00			`- add support for converting a tar file (instead of a directory tree);`
			`suggested by kpneal@pobox.com`

makefs - create a file system image from a directory tree. It doesn't need any special privileges or kernel devices. Only ffs image creation is supported at this time, although makefs has been designed to allow the addition of other file system formats by writing new back-ends. This program was designed & implemented by Luke Mewburn of Wasabi Systems. 2001-10-26 10:50:48 +04:00
typographical cleanups 2001-10-29 08:18:25 +03:00			`outstanding bugs`
			`----------------`
makefs - create a file system image from a directory tree. It doesn't need any special privileges or kernel devices. Only ffs image creation is supported at this time, although makefs has been designed to allow the addition of other file system formats by writing new back-ends. This program was designed & implemented by Luke Mewburn of Wasabi Systems. 2001-10-26 10:50:48 +04:00
			`- size estimation is still out (need to take into account indirect blocks!)`

- clean up some debugging and verbose output - use fs_cstotal.cs_nifree rather than fs->fs_ncg * fs->fs_ipg to determine the number of free inodes available in the file system - don't count '.' (the root node for a level) in inode sizing, since the parent has already been counted - some more todo items 2002-02-06 05:17:14 +03:00			`- parameter checking when density is rather high or low.`

			`- filling up a file system (running out of inodes or whatever)`
			`doesn't do the right thing.`
makefs - create a file system image from a directory tree. It doesn't need any special privileges or kernel devices. Only ffs image creation is supported at this time, although makefs has been designed to allow the addition of other file system formats by writing new back-ends. This program was designed & implemented by Luke Mewburn of Wasabi Systems. 2001-10-26 10:50:48 +04:00

typographical cleanups 2001-10-29 08:18:25 +03:00			`discuss`
			`-------`
makefs - create a file system image from a directory tree. It doesn't need any special privileges or kernel devices. Only ffs image creation is supported at this time, although makefs has been designed to allow the addition of other file system formats by writing new back-ends. This program was designed & implemented by Luke Mewburn of Wasabi Systems. 2001-10-26 10:50:48 +04:00
			`- consider replacing ffs_balloc() et al with own code that doesn't`
			`need hacked-up buf.c code`

more stuff 2002-01-23 05:14:19 +03:00			`- whacking on newfs/mkfs.c to allow .PATH-ing directly into makefs(8).`
			`this would involve passing all of mkfs()'s parameters in a single`
			`struct rather than a lot of global vars, etc.`