From owner-freebsd-hackers Fri Jan 30 19:20:05 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id TAA02078 for hackers-outgoing; Fri, 30 Jan 1998 19:20:05 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from frmug.org (frmug-gw.frmug.org [193.56.58.252]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id TAA01961 for ; Fri, 30 Jan 1998 19:19:52 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from roberto@keltia.freenix.fr) Received: (from uucp@localhost) by frmug.org (8.8.8/frmug-2.2/nospam) with UUCP id EAA23614 for hackers@FreeBSD.ORG; Sat, 31 Jan 1998 04:19:47 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from roberto@keltia.freenix.fr) Received: (from roberto@localhost) by keltia.freenix.fr (8.8.8/keltia-2.13/nospam) id CAA06960; Sat, 31 Jan 1998 02:57:23 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from roberto) Message-ID: <19980131025723.34628@keltia.freenix.fr> Date: Sat, 31 Jan 1998 02:57:23 +0100 From: Ollivier Robert To: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Filesystem hacking Mail-Followup-To: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG References: <31B3F0BF1C40D11192A700805FD48BF9C33287@STLABCEXG011> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Mailer: Mutt 0.89i In-Reply-To: <31B3F0BF1C40D11192A700805FD48BF9C33287@STLABCEXG011>; from Alton, Matthew on Fri, Jan 30, 1998 at 02:52:27PM -0600 X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 3.0-CURRENT ctm#4019 AMD-K6 MMX @ 225 MHz Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG X-To-Unsubscribe: mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org "unsubscribe hackers" According to Alton, Matthew: > I have decided to code up an IBM-style journaling filesystem > (jfs) with maximum portability for free unices. While I'm at it > I had might as well have the clean-bits map to a PP/extent > disk arrangement which will act as a useful abstraction for a > Logical Volume Manager / Veritas -esque disk management > system which I also find interesting enough to code up. YES! With LFS now dead and the VPS (virtual partitions à la LVM) not going anywhere, having a extendable & journalled file-system would be very nice. I'm willing to help... -- Ollivier ROBERT -=- FreeBSD: The Power to Serve! -=- roberto@keltia.freenix.fr FreeBSD keltia.freenix.fr 3.0-CURRENT #54: Mon Jan 26 20:29:17 CET 1998