Date: Mon, 27 Jan 2003 15:38:34 -0800 From: Juli Mallett <jmallett@FreeBSD.org> To: Max Khon <fjoe@iclub.nsu.ru> Cc: Enache Adrian <enache@rdslink.ro>, Steve Kargl <sgk@troutmask.apl.washington.edu>, current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: add ext2fs to the module list in modules/Makefile Message-ID: <20030127153830.A6348@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <20030128052915.B75252@iclub.nsu.ru>; from fjoe@iclub.nsu.ru on Tue, Jan 28, 2003 at 05:29:15AM %2B0600 References: <20030127211441.GC1043@ratsnest.hole> <20030127213635.GA30541@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> <20030127224012.GB903@ratsnest.hole> <20030128052915.B75252@iclub.nsu.ru>
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* De: Max Khon <fjoe@iclub.nsu.ru> [ Data: 2003-01-27 ] [ Subjecte: Re: add ext2fs to the module list in modules/Makefile ] > hi, there! > > On Tue, Jan 28, 2003 at 12:40:12AM +0200, Enache Adrian wrote: > > > On Mon, Jan 27, 2003 at 01:36:35PM -0800, Steve Kargl wrote: > > > Portions of the ext2fs source are covered by the GPL. You > > > need to rebuild the kernel with "option EXT2FS". The > > > FreeBSD cannot create a ext2fs.ko and comply with the GPL. > > > > This is weird. > > Builting it as part of kernel is ok, but separate, as a module > > isn't. > > IIRC NetBSD has BSD-copyrighted ext2fs implementation Closely tied to their VFS implementation, which is different, of course, last I heard it was a fairly heavy task to port it, but something a lot of people would like to see. juli. -- Juli Mallett <jmallett@FreeBSD.org> AIM: BSDFlata -- IRC: juli on EFnet. OpenDarwin, Mono, FreeBSD Developer. ircd-hybrid Developer, EFnet addict. FreeBSD on MIPS-Anything on FreeBSD. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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