Date: Mon, 17 Dec 2001 15:04:19 -0800 (PST) From: Hiten Pandya <hitmaster2k@yahoo.com> To: dreyenga@telus.net Cc: freebsd-fs@freebsd.org, hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Instead of JFS, why not a whole new FS? Message-ID: <20011217230419.68884.qmail@web21107.mail.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <001301c1874d$50ae0d20$02000003@tornado>
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--- Dave Reyenga <dreyenga@telus.net> wrote: > How about writing a new filesystem based on UFS? > This would save all of the > hassle that JFS would bring: licensing, porting > time, etc. Of course, it > would likely bust any compatibility desired. hi, first of all, a project called UFS2 has been started by Kirk McKusick on improving the existing UFS file system and improving 'softupdates' and other stuff in this file system. > What I'm thinking is a filesystem that takes the > current UFS and improves > upon it. It could support larger partitions, more > partitions in a slice, and > perhaps a "Journal" partition (like the current > "swap" partition) among > other new features. I dont know that this could be possible of having a 'Journal' partition, though I may be wrong. > What do others have to say about this? Are there any > major flaws in my idea? > It just seems to me that this would cut a lot of > hassle. One flaw in your idea is, that it would literally take longer to make this kind of file system on our current UFS source base. The reason is due to the code maturity level that UFS has reached of around 20 years. I think porting JFS will take less time than upgrading the current UFS, which as a matter of fact has already been started by Kirk McKusick himself. Regarding 'hassle', for me; nothing is a hassle as long as it can be acheived. If you are really interested in upgrading the current UFS, it would be good if you got in touch with Kirk McKusick himself. regards, =Hiten =<hiten@uk.FreeBSD.org> ===== =Hiten =<hiten@uk.FreeBSD.org> __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Check out Yahoo! Shopping and Yahoo! Auctions for all of your unique holiday gifts! Buy at http://shopping.yahoo.com or bid at http://auctions.yahoo.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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