From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Feb 5 2: 8:59 2003 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C47E537B401 for ; Wed, 5 Feb 2003 02:08:57 -0800 (PST) Received: from pressure.noc.uk.easynet.net (pressure.noc.uk.easynet.net [195.40.7.165]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5644B43E4A for ; Wed, 5 Feb 2003 02:08:57 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from marc.silver@uk.easynet.net) Received: by pressure.noc.uk.easynet.net (Postfix, from userid 1332) id 77B866C801; Wed, 5 Feb 2003 10:08:56 +0000 (GMT) Date: Wed, 5 Feb 2003 10:08:56 +0000 From: Marc Silver To: Ed Alley Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: your mail Message-ID: <20030205100856.GN88454@uk.easynet.net> References: <200302041826.h14IQqSu004626@jordan.llnl.gov> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200302041826.h14IQqSu004626@jordan.llnl.gov> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4i Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Hi there, I stand corrected, but I believe the best place to post this would be freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org -- they're more likely to be able to give you an answer on this. - Marc On Tue, Feb 04, 2003 at 10:26:52AM -0800, Ed Alley wrote: > > In addition to being a FreeBSD enthusiast, I am also > a Minix enthusiast. I've learned a great deal about > how UNIX works by hacking the Minix OS myself. > A by-product of my hacks was the development of a > FreeBSD kernel module that impliments the > Minix Version 2 file system. The latest release > that it runs on is FreeBSD 4.6.x. > > My question is whether the FreeBSD community > is interested in such a module? If so, then > how does one go about submitting a kernel > module for evaluation and possible inclusion > in the source? > > My impression is that the Minix fs is a little > simplistic perhaps for inclusion in the FreeBSD > source. If so, then is it possible to submit it > as a port? I have never seen an example of a > kernel module that was submitted as a port, > however. > > Ed Alley To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message