OpenAFS on FreeBSD Progress (Works)

[Rick C. Petty]

On Fri, Dec 12, 2008 at 08:06:45PM -0500, Derrick Brashear wrote:
> On Fri, Dec 12, 2008 at 7:42 PM, Rick C. Petty <
> rick-freebsd2008 at kiwi-computer.com> wrote:
> 
> > > You don't need a meta port, you a client and a server port, and let the
> > > client install all common files, and let the server depend on the client,
> > > which is reasonable anyway.
> >
> > I think you have that backwards.  The client contains a kernel module.  The
> > server is all run in userland.  I think in this case, have the client
> > depend
> > upon the server and have the server install all common files.  I agree that
> > there should not be a metaport.
> >
> The server similarly does not depend on the client.  You don't need the
> kernel module to run the server.

That's precisely what I said..  the server does not depend upon the client.
Having the client depend on the server isn't that bad, unless the code is
easily separable.  Having the server depend upon the client would be bad.

-- Rick C. Petty