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3Coda is a distributed filesystem.  It is derived from AFS, but
4supports disconnected operation, both reading and writing.  This
5directory contains the interface between the VFS layer and a
6user-space program ("venus") that implements the client part of Coda.
7The interface is similar to puffs(9) in many respects.
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9Coda servers do not need kernel support.
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11For information on Coda, see
12  http://www.coda.cs.cmu.edu
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14As of April 2007, Coda is not quite stable enough for demanding
15production use, but is usable by those who are willing to deal with
16problems.  Help can be obtained via the list codalist@coda.cs.cmu.edu.
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18As of April 2007, pkgsrc/net/coda\* is old, and gdt recommends running
19code from Coda's CVS.
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21As of April 2007, the kernel code has not been tested on 64-bit
22architectures.  It runs on i386 and has previously been tested on
23sparc.
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