Date: Mon, 10 Dec 2001 16:14:10 -0600 From: Alfred Perlstein <bright@mu.org> To: Hiten Pandya <hitmaster2k@yahoo.com> Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: [SUGGESTION] - JFS for FreeBSD Message-ID: <20011210161410.L92148@elvis.mu.org> In-Reply-To: <20011210220153.50612.qmail@web21102.mail.yahoo.com>; from hitmaster2k@yahoo.com on Mon, Dec 10, 2001 at 02:01:53PM -0800 References: <20011210220153.50612.qmail@web21102.mail.yahoo.com>
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* Hiten Pandya <hitmaster2k@yahoo.com> [011210 16:02] wrote:
> hi all,
>
> this is a wild idea...suggestion...
>
> i wanted to ask if there were any _plans_ to port
> JFS (Journaled File System) to FreeBSD...
>
> as for JFS, it is developed by IBM for Linux and
> is licensed under GPL, so we could put this into
> src/gnu/
>
> It is used on IBM MainFrames and Enterprise servers
> for
> high performance and maximum throughput...
I'm glad you took the time to read the marketting literature.
The problem is that porting it is going to be a bit more complicated
than just dumping it into src/gnu.
Feel free to take a shot at porting it though, let us know
when you're done.
--
-Alfred Perlstein [alfred@freebsd.org]
'Instead of asking why a piece of software is using "1970s technology,"
start asking why software is ignoring 30 years of accumulated wisdom.'
http://www.morons.org/rants/gpl-harmful.php3
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