Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2001 06:08:03 -0800 From: Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com> To: Maxim Sobolev <sobomax@FreeBSD.org> Cc: Greg Lehey <grog@FreeBSD.org>, Hiten Pandya <hitmaster2k@yahoo.com>, current@FreeBSD.org, hackers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: [SUGGESTION] - JFS for FreeBSD Message-ID: <3C161343.A62C005C@mindspring.com> References: <20011210220153.50612.qmail@web21102.mail.yahoo.com> <3C15AB82.FDF598A8@mindspring.com> <20011211182856.A67986@monorchid.lemis.com> <3C15C9B4.C74F914@mindspring.com> <3C15CED5.20D65BFE@FreeBSD.org>
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Maxim Sobolev wrote: > > OK, I load the kernel from the JFS. I mount the root FS, which > > is a JFS. I read the module "jfs.ko" from the JFS so that I can > > mount the root FS, which is a JFS, so I can read the module "jfs.ko" > > from the JFS so that I can mount the root FS, which is a JFS, so I > > can read the module "jfs.ko" from the JFS so that I can mount the > > root FS, which is a JFS, so I can... > > > > Do you see the problem yet? > > Libstand (and hence the loader) could be extended to allow reading > files from jfs without using any GPL'ed code. For example our loader > can load modules from the FAT even though we do not have any M$ code. > :) Alternatively, /boot could be placed on separate filesystem, which > could be ufs or anything else supported by the loader. Patches appreciated. Note that if you do a read-only JFS, you are more than half way there to a n0n-GPL'ed implementation, so you might as well finish it off, instead of porting the IBM code. -- Terry To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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