I'm no expert on journaled filesystems, but isn't the freebsd softupdates
option similar? perhaps there could be an upgrade to offer
options SOFTERUPDATES
as an equal-but-different alternative to jfs?
-Anthony.On Mon, Dec 10, 2001 at 05:39:35PM -0500, Matthew Emmerton wrote: > > * Hiten Pandya <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [011210 16:02] wrote: > > > hi all, > > > > > > this is a wild idea...suggestion... > > > > > > i wanted to ask if there were any _plans_ to port > > > JFS (Journaled File System) to FreeBSD... > > > > > > as for JFS, it is developed by IBM for Linux and > > > is licensed under GPL, so we could put this into > > > src/gnu/ > > > > > > It is used on IBM MainFrames and Enterprise servers > > > for > > > high performance and maximum throughput... > > > > I'm glad you took the time to read the marketting literature. > > > > The problem is that porting it is going to be a bit more complicated > > than just dumping it into src/gnu. > > > > Feel free to take a shot at porting it though, let us know > > when you're done. > > I'm gainfully employed by IBM (although not for FreeBSD pursuits), and have > had this on my TODO list for a while. > > The licence issue is a real sticky point, especially since the GPL and BSD > licences are like oil and water. Because of the GPL licence, JFS support > can never become part of the GENERIC kernel, and any related support tools > will have to exist as separate binaries (newfs.jfs, fsck.jfs), as is > currently done with the EXT2FS filesystem. > > -- > Matt Emmerton > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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