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Subject: Re: UFS(2) portable driver for other OS
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Hello Pedro :-)

I was thinking about making UFS multiplatform with a BSD licensed code,
still wondering why it has not done yet.. :-)

Best regards :-)
Tomek

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CeDeROM, SQ7MHZ, http://www.tomek.cedro.info
On 1 Feb 2014 03:36, "Pedro Giffuni" <pfg@freebsd.org> wrote:

> Hi Tomek;
>
> FWIW, we fixed yet more bugs in ext2fs lately but I think this time we
> finally got it right. Recent -stable (9 and 10) already has the fixes.
>
> Tricks: we support dirindex now so you can set it in e2tunefs. If you are
> not satisfied with performance, you can also try running it async as linux
> does.
>
> JIC you feel adventurous and want to give a try rebuilding your own kernel
> for fun. :). This said, I don't recommend ext2fs for anything serious.
>
> I have some interest in resurrecting the MacOS X UFS1 support and perhaps
> get it to a point where it supports softupdates, but I don't know yet
> sufficient about kexts.
>
> Pedro.
>