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PUFFS (NetBSD)

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Written in
  
C

Type
  
File system driver

Operating system
  
NetBSD

License
  
BSD license

Pass-to-Userspace Framework File System (puffs) is a NetBSD kernel subsystem developed for running filesystems in userspace. It was added to NetBSD in the 5.0 release, and was ported to DragonFly BSD in the 3.2 release.

FUSE compatibility

In NetBSD 5.0, puffs includes refuse, a reimplementation of the libfuse high-level interface. Some filesystems use the low-level libfuse interface or the kernel FUSE interface and they cannot be supported through refuse.

NetBSD 6.0 addresses that limitation through perfuse, a new compatibility layer that emulates the FUSE kernel interface.

References

PUFFS (NetBSD) Wikipedia