Date: Sat, 25 Sep 2010 08:45:21 +0100 From: Matthew Seaman <m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk> To: Peter Boosten <peter@boosten.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Filesystems Message-ID: <4C9DA891.7030706@infracaninophile.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <4C9DA5AA.4020606@boosten.org> References: <4C9D0499.3050908@cox.net> <4C9D146C.10009@infracaninophile.co.uk> <4C9DA5AA.4020606@boosten.org>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] On 25/09/2010 08:32:58, Peter Boosten wrote: > On 24-9-2010 23:13, Matthew Seaman wrote: >> On 24/09/2010 21:05:45, Derek Funk wrote: >>> There was a post some time ago someone was complaining that FreeBSD >>> still uses and archaic filesystem and not a new FS like ext4. Some >>> replied, seeming like a code contributor, with a very sounded reply. >>> What is that reply? >> >> ZFS >> >> or words to that effect. Linux has nothing comparable. >> > > http://www.osnews.com/story/23416/Native_ZFS_Port_for_Linux > > :-) Yes. Quoting that very page: "There's still some major work to be done, so this is not production-ready code. The ZFS Posix Layer has not been implemented yet, therefore mounting file systems is not yet possible; direct database access, however, is. Supposedly, KQ Infotech is working on this, but it has been rather quiet around those parts for a while now." What use is a filesystem you can't mount? It might be a work in progress, but it isn't anywhere near done yet. The fact that there is so much enthusiasm for porting the FS despite the license incompatability just underlines the basic contention, that Linux has nothing comparable. Cheers, Matthew -- Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 7 Priory Courtyard Flat 3 PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey Ramsgate JID: matthew@infracaninophile.co.uk Kent, CT11 9PW [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG/MacGPG2 v2.0.14 (Darwin) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAkydqJEACgkQ8Mjk52CukIxYigCdEdHOAXvw2NQ2gAMeRsBTVdzh utwAnjdd3Hugp9IXcR2ColuL+CtXWmfa =LyMK -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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