Date: Mon, 10 Dec 2001 16:43:00 -0600 From: Alfred Perlstein <bright@mu.org> To: Matthew Emmerton <matt@gsicomp.on.ca> Cc: Hiten Pandya <hitmaster2k@yahoo.com>, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: [SUGGESTION] - JFS for FreeBSD Message-ID: <20011210164300.N92148@elvis.mu.org> In-Reply-To: <002601c181cb$8c6a5e90$1200a8c0@gsicomp.on.ca>; from matt@gsicomp.on.ca on Mon, Dec 10, 2001 at 05:39:35PM -0500 References: <20011210220153.50612.qmail@web21102.mail.yahoo.com> <20011210161410.L92148@elvis.mu.org> <002601c181cb$8c6a5e90$1200a8c0@gsicomp.on.ca>
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* Matthew Emmerton <matt@gsicomp.on.ca> [011210 16:40] wrote:
> > * 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.
>
> I'm gainfully employed by IBM (although not for FreeBSD pursuits), and have
> had this on my TODO list for a while.
>
> The licence issue is a real sticky point, especially since the GPL and BSD
> licences are like oil and water. Because of the GPL licence, JFS support
> can never become part of the GENERIC kernel, and any related support tools
> will have to exist as separate binaries (newfs.jfs, fsck.jfs), as is
> currently done with the EXT2FS filesystem.
This is pretty much how they all work, on netbsd the LFS filesystem
has its own suite of seperate utilities as well. Don't be discouraged,
get hacking! :)
--
-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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