From owner-freebsd-hackers Wed Apr 16 12:23:51 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id MAA13514 for hackers-outgoing; Wed, 16 Apr 1997 12:23:51 -0700 (PDT) Received: from smtp.well.com (smtp.well.com [206.80.6.147]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id MAA13454 for ; Wed, 16 Apr 1997 12:23:38 -0700 (PDT) Received: from well.com (spidaman@well.com [206.15.64.10]) by smtp.well.com (8.8.5/8.8.4) with SMTP id MAA11952; Wed, 16 Apr 1997 12:20:10 -0700 (PDT) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.announce Date: Wed, 16 Apr 1997 12:23:16 -0700 (PDT) From: Ian Kallen To: hackers@freebsd.org, samba@arvidsjaur.anu.edu.au cc: comp-unix-bsd-freebsd-announce@uunet.uu.net Subject: Re: Feasibility of porting Linux filesystem code? In-Reply-To: <5j15f4$mmg@hoax.cse.tek.com> Message-ID: References: <5j15f4$mmg@hoax.cse.tek.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-hackers@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk I'd like to use the smbfs and smbmount stuff that the Linux using Samba afficiandoes have worked out on FreeBSD (2.2.1) -- is anybody working on this? There's also Linux support for SGI's efs that I'd be very happy to use under FreeBSD were it available -- anybody working on _that_? If I had the skills to port stuff like that I'd work on it but it's outta my scope... thanks On 15 Apr 1997, Jason Scheck wrote: > Linux has a file system driver that I would very much like to use on my > home FreeBSD server (a Macintosh HFS driver). Assuming some driver > aptitude, what is the feasibility of converting this driver to run under > FreeBSD? Are the models totally incompatible? > > The DOS filesystem driver has been broken for long enough that it seems > that it might be difficult. However, it might not have been converted due > to filesystem issues. I do know that some version of the ext2fs runs > under both. > > Any advice will be appreciated. > > Jason Scheck > jasons@netcom.com > > The next interface will not be another desktop metaphor.... Ian Kallen .... http://www.well.com/user/spidaman/ ....the revolution will not be televised. ===== TO RECEIVE MY PGP KEY, SEND MAIL TO spidey-pgp-info@well.com =======