From owner-freebsd-hackers Fri Jan 30 19:23:24 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id TAA02810 for hackers-outgoing; Fri, 30 Jan 1998 19:23:24 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from allegro.lemis.com (allegro.lemis.com [192.109.197.134]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id TAA02777 for ; Fri, 30 Jan 1998 19:22:55 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from grog@lemis.com) Received: from freebie.lemis.com (freebie.lemis.com [192.109.197.137]) by allegro.lemis.com (8.8.7/8.8.5) with ESMTP id NAA28264; Sat, 31 Jan 1998 13:52:49 +1030 (CST) Received: (from grog@localhost) by freebie.lemis.com (8.8.8/8.8.7) id NAA03426; Sat, 31 Jan 1998 13:52:49 +1030 (CST) (envelope-from grog) Message-ID: <19980131135248.54160@lemis.com> Date: Sat, 31 Jan 1998 13:52:48 +1030 From: Greg Lehey To: Ollivier Robert Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Filesystem hacking References: <31B3F0BF1C40D11192A700805FD48BF9C33287@STLABCEXG011> <19980131025723.34628@keltia.freenix.fr> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Mailer: Mutt 0.84e In-Reply-To: <19980131025723.34628@keltia.freenix.fr>; from Ollivier Robert on Sat, Jan 31, 1998 at 02:57:23AM +0100 Organization: LEMIS, PO Box 460, Echunga SA 5153, Australia Phone: +61-8-8388-8286 Fax: +61-8-8388-8725 Mobile: +61-41-739-7062 WWW-Home-Page: http://www.lemis.com/~grog Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG X-To-Unsubscribe: mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org "unsubscribe hackers" On Sat, Jan 31, 1998 at 02:57:23AM +0100, Ollivier Robert wrote: > 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... I'm currently working on the Volume Manager side. Greg