Date: Tue, 17 Jul 2001 11:10:34 +0930 From: Greg Lehey <grog@FreeBSD.org> To: Jason Francis <jasonf@citynet.net> Cc: freebsd-fs@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Porting a new filesystem to FreeBSD Message-ID: <20010717111034.D70499@wantadilla.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <003001c10e33$f3e3fb50$0200000a@Neptune>; from jasonf@citynet.net on Mon, Jul 16, 2001 at 04:14:42PM -0400 References: <20010712225653.75AD13811@overcee.netplex.com.au> <003001c10e33$f3e3fb50$0200000a@Neptune>
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On Monday, 16 July 2001 at 16:14:42 -0400, Jason Francis wrote: > Has the proposition of porting another filesystem to FreeBSD been > considered? Yes. > Given FFS's rather dismal performance compared to other filesystems, > it would seem like a worthwhile effort. Do you have figures? Most people who talk about file system performance can't back it up. > Market share of BSD in generally is dwindling, and things like the > filesystem, lack of a multi-threaded IP stack, and lacking SMP > support are precisely what's killing it. This doesn't tie up with my observations. Again, I'd be interested in your figures. > So, has there been any effort made by the community to get either a > new filesystem written or an existing filesystem ported to FreeBSD? I've been thinking about it. If you want to start on one, I'll certainly be available to answer questions, but I don't have time to do much work on it myself. Which file system were you thinking of. Greg -- See complete headers for address and phone numbers To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-fs" in the body of the message
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