From owner-freebsd-fs@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Nov 9 18:37:40 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-fs@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 11A451065670 for ; Sun, 9 Nov 2008 18:37:40 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from frank@exit.com) Received: from tinker.exit.com (tinker.exit.com [206.223.0.1]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DB97F8FC19 for ; Sun, 9 Nov 2008 18:37:39 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from frank@exit.com) Received: from jill.exit.com (jill.exit.com [IPv6:2001:470:80f4:0:2e0:81ff:fe33:7e9a]) by tinker.exit.com (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id mA9IGrLu086128; Sun, 9 Nov 2008 10:16:54 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from frank@exit.com) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=simple/simple; d=exit.com; s=tinker; t=1226254614; bh=Z3B76+ZlWg0G+pMkdIvLZIriP3ZIfXFC0skgTUJoTRw=; h=Subject:From:Reply-To:To:Cc:In-Reply-To:References:Content-Type: Content-Transfer-Encoding:Date:Message-Id:Mime-Version; b=VGC23Ach HzHzFd+56Qe8uRkPiBNstV/2uI8MZZn6NsOHYuNsCGi1oJfJanXm5qXhMpeot5YGjut tfT5rbqNv6jLCPxylwxbHLxwfarrZgjQT7DFekBsGyC9PKsSHY/TvQwjV6mJXMb0HtJ kb5MmMVWnec2N+ruG0vhslp9cHZys= Received: from jill.exit.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by jill.exit.com (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id mA9IGrEQ077237; Sun, 9 Nov 2008 10:16:53 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from frank@exit.com) Received: (from frank@localhost) by jill.exit.com (8.14.3/8.14.3/Submit) id mA9IGrGo077236; Sun, 9 Nov 2008 10:16:53 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from frank@exit.com) X-Authentication-Warning: jill.exit.com: frank set sender to frank@exit.com using -f From: Frank Mayhar To: Dan In-Reply-To: <20081109174303.GA5146@ourbrains.org> References: <20081109174303.GA5146@ourbrains.org> Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Organization: Exit Consulting Date: Sun, 09 Nov 2008 10:16:53 -0800 Message-Id: <1226254613.76915.1.camel@jill.exit.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.22.3.1 FreeBSD GNOME Team Port X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV 0.93.3/8594/Sat Nov 8 15:38:17 2008 on tinker.exit.com X-Virus-Status: Clean Cc: freebsd-fs@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Will XFS be adopted X-BeenThere: freebsd-fs@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: frank@exit.com List-Id: Filesystems List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 09 Nov 2008 18:37:40 -0000 On Sun, 2008-11-09 at 12:43 -0500, Dan wrote: > With XFS being adopted by Linux now for a number of years, I wonder why > it hasn't been by FreeBSD. It's a great FS that can be resized on the > fly which makes it a perfect journaling FS with volume managers. Anybody > know? Considering that XFS is under the GPL (totally incompatible with the BSD license) and that ZFS _is_ being adopted by FreeBSD, at least experimentally, there's no good reason to adopt XFS and at least one good reason not to do so. -- Frank Mayhar frank@exit.com http://www.exit.com/ Exit Consulting http://www.gpsclock.com/ http://www.exit.com/blog/frank/ http://www.zazzle.com/fmayhar*