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Date:      Fri, 1 Mar 2002 14:31:06 -0800
From:      Alfred Perlstein <bright@mu.org>
To:        Bradley Kite <bradley@deathsgate.demon.co.uk>
Cc:        reiserfs-list@namesys.com, freebsd-fs@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Reiserfs on Freebsd
Message-ID:  <20020301223106.GN77980@elvis.mu.org>
In-Reply-To: <20020301221306.A12425@deathsgate.demon.co.uk>
References:  <20020301221306.A12425@deathsgate.demon.co.uk>

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* Bradley Kite <bradley@deathsgate.demon.co.uk> [020301 14:14] wrote:
> Hi there.
> 
> I currently have too much time on my hands and am looking
> into the possibilities (and feasibility) of implementing ReiserFS
> on FreeBSD.

Why?  Softupdates does a better job than logging does. :)

> Does any body know if someone is currently doing this? I dont want to
> duplicate the effort involved, and would much rather join an
> existing project that is trying to achieve the same thing.

No one that I've heard of.

> Also, (correct me if I am wrong), I believe that the main ReiserFS
> code can remain pritty much the same, and only the parts where it
> interfaces with the VFS, and low-level device drivers would need
> to be changed in order to port it over to FreeBSD. This is just a guess
> tho, as I havent really had a propper look at the reiserFS code yet.

Your assumptions are correct however your belief that it's a simple
task may be a mistake. :)

-- 
-Alfred Perlstein [alfred@freebsd.org]
'Instead of asking why a piece of software is using "1970s technology,"
 start asking why software is ignoring 30 years of accumulated wisdom.'
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