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1$NetBSD: TODO,v 1.7 2007/12/10 23:54:35 dyoung Exp $
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3todo
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6- read files from multiple directories with or without root
7  specification, e.g., makefs -t cd9660 output.iso dir1 root2=dir2
8  dir3 root4=dir4
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10- display block numbers for a given file (e.g, /boot)
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12- finish makefs.8
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14- testing
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16- even more testing
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18- add support for converting a tar file (instead of a directory tree);
19  suggested by kpneal@pobox.com
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21
22outstanding bugs
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25- size estimation is still out (need to take into account indirect blocks!)
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27- parameter checking when density is rather high or low.
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29- filling up a file system (running out of inodes or whatever)
30  doesn't do the right thing.
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33discuss
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36- consider replacing ffs_balloc() et al with own code that doesn't
37  need hacked-up buf.c code
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39- whacking on newfs/mkfs.c to allow .PATH-ing directly into makefs(8).
40  this would involve passing all of mkfs()'s parameters in a single
41  struct rather than a lot of global vars, etc.
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