From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Mon May 19 14:15:55 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 94F0A106567F for ; Mon, 19 May 2008 14:15:55 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from avg@icyb.net.ua) Received: from falcon.cybervisiontech.com (falcon.cybervisiontech.com [217.20.163.9]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 267808FC27 for ; Mon, 19 May 2008 14:15:54 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from avg@icyb.net.ua) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by falcon.cybervisiontech.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id D2256744004; Mon, 19 May 2008 17:15:52 +0300 (EEST) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at falcon.cybervisiontech.com Received: from falcon.cybervisiontech.com ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (falcon.cybervisiontech.com [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id WlI7HZlXT2Xt; Mon, 19 May 2008 17:15:52 +0300 (EEST) Received: from [10.2.1.87] (gateway.cybervisiontech.com.ua [88.81.251.18]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by falcon.cybervisiontech.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2F215744002; Mon, 19 May 2008 17:15:52 +0300 (EEST) Message-ID: <48318B97.5090200@icyb.net.ua> Date: Mon, 19 May 2008 17:15:51 +0300 From: Andriy Gapon User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.12 (X11/20080311) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Scott Long References: <1210965790.00070991.1210954202@10.7.7.3> <1210965791.00070995.1210954203@10.7.7.3> <1210965792.00070997.1210954803@10.7.7.3> <1210969383.00071003.1210956601@10.7.7.3> In-Reply-To: <1210969383.00071003.1210956601@10.7.7.3> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: Jeremy Chadwick , Stefan Lambrev , freebsd-stable@freebsd.org, Zoran Kolic Subject: Re: udf X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 19 May 2008 14:15:55 -0000 on 16/05/2008 19:48 Scott Long said the following: > There is no write support in UDF in FreeBSD. When I wrote the fs code, > packet writing was the only way to do discrete writes, and it's very > hard to make that work with a traditional VM system. Now with DVD+R, > it's probably worth someone's time to look at it (though the append-only > nature of +R means that there are still some nasty VM complications to > deal with). Until that happens, mkisofs can be used to create a static > UDF filesystem. BTW, Remko has kindly notified me that Reinoud Zandijk has completed his long work on UDF write support in NetBSD. I think that porting his work is our best chance to get write support in FreeBSD too. -- Andriy Gapon