Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2001 10:58:15 +1030 From: Greg Lehey <grog@FreeBSD.org> To: Hiten Pandya <hitmaster2k@yahoo.com>, Matthew Emmerton <matt@gsicomp.on.ca>, Anthony Schneider <aschneid@mail.slc.edu> Cc: current@FreeBSD.org, hackers@FreeBSD.org, Alfred Perlstein <bright@mu.org> Subject: Re: [SUGGESTION] - JFS for FreeBSD Message-ID: <20011211105815.L63585@monorchid.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <20011211105617.K63585@monorchid.lemis.com> References: <20011210220153.50612.qmail@web21102.mail.yahoo.com> <20011210161410.L92148@elvis.mu.org> <002601c181cb$8c6a5e90$1200a8c0@gsicomp.on.ca> <20011210174711.A3208@mail.slc.edu> <20011210220153.50612.qmail@web21102.mail.yahoo.com> <20011210161410.L92148@elvis.mu.org> <002601c181cb$8c6a5e90$1200a8c0@gsicomp.on.ca> <20011210220153.50612.qmail@web21102.mail.yahoo.com> <20011211105617.K63585@monorchid.lemis.com>
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On Tuesday, 11 December 2001 at 10:56:17 +1030, Greg Lehey wrote: > On Monday, 10 December 2001 at 17:39:35 -0500, Matthew Emmerton 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. > > Well, I'm gainfully employed by IBM, both for FreeBSD and JFS. I've > thought (and spoken) about this from time to time. It would be a lot > of work. BTW, if anybody wants to do it anyway, let me know. I'm in a position to help with information, though possibly not with coding. Greg -- See complete headers for address and phone numbers To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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