An idea that has been mentioned for a previous Summer of Code is the implementation of subfiles in order to better support other files systems. Subfiles exist in Windows in the form of Alternate Data Streams, Apple has resource and data forks, NFSv4 has Named Attributes, and Solaris has Extended Attributes. My project would likely not be a port, but an original creation, using the other file systems as a examples to base upon.

While a complete implementation of subfiles would be outside the scope of the amount of time the Summer of Code allows, the goal of my project would be to implement the basic file functions and create specialized programs to test and confirm their operation.



The original proposal with contacts is available here:
http://www.netbsd.org/contrib/soc-projects.html#addsubfiles

An Expanded proposal can be found here:
http://mail-index.netbsd.org/tech-kern/2006/04/15/0012.html