From owner-freebsd-fs@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Jul 1 02:36:06 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-fs@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7FFC91065670 for ; Sun, 1 Jul 2012 02:36:06 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mueller23@insightbb.com) Received: from mail.insightbb.com (smtp.insight.synacor.com [208.47.185.22]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 41D368FC18 for ; Sun, 1 Jul 2012 02:36:06 +0000 (UTC) X_CMAE_Category: 0,0 Undefined,Undefined X-CNFS-Analysis: v=1.1 cv=JliV1TWavljy2htMhoUIMxhlgBLBqsUyu4r3EPHUlag= c=1 sm=0 a=190A9ldbhagA:10 a=jLN7EqiLvroA:10 a=sg0gfQ5U3qcR-Zv8BogA:9 a=Q/oqmR4JO1zR3vNQamCQeQ==:117 X-CM-Score: 0 X-Scanned-by: Cloudmark Authority Engine Authentication-Results: smtp01.insight.synacor.com smtp.mail=mueller23@insightbb.com; spf=softfail; sender-id=softfail Authentication-Results: smtp01.insight.synacor.com header.from=mueller23@insightbb.com; sender-id=softfail Received-SPF: softfail (smtp01.insight.synacor.com: transitional domain insightbb.com does not designate 74.134.26.53 as permitted sender) Received: from [74.134.26.53] ([74.134.26.53:58750] helo=localhost) by mail.insightbb.com (envelope-from ) (ecelerity 2.2.2.40 r(29895/29896)) with ESMTP id 61/60-17943-E87BFEF4; Sat, 30 Jun 2012 22:35:59 -0400 Date: Sat, 30 Jun 2012 22:35:58 -0400 Message-ID: <61.60.17943.E87BFEF4@smtp01.insight.synacor.com> From: "Thomas Mueller" To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Cc: FreeBSD FS , Attilio Rao Subject: Re: MPSAFE VFS -- List of upcoming actions X-BeenThere: freebsd-fs@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Filesystems List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 01 Jul 2012 02:36:06 -0000 > You can not only run Linux on XFS (which I do) but it is still likely > the most reliable and consistently performant of the filesystems > available in Linux because of its origin and its maturity. XFS did > not originate in Linux (it originated in SGI's Irix) so it should not > surprise that Linux core developers are proponents of filesystems > originally developed under Linux. > Regardless, a key value of *BSD supporting non-native filesystems is > in order to be able to access filesystems created on other OSs. > XFS is a major filesystem so hopefully someone will volunteer to > support it. > Bob > -- > Bob Friesenhahn I remember starting threads, many months ago, both on FreeBSD and NetBSD lists about lingua franca file system for sharing data between OSes. I can see why NTFS support is important, due to its prevalence. But I believe very few people would have any use for HPFS access from BSD, and it would be practically impossible to find testers. Tom