Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2001 06:12:55 -0800 (PST) From: Hiten Pandya <hitmaster2k@yahoo.com> To: Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com> Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: [SUGGESTION] - JFS for FreeBSD Message-ID: <20011211141255.63932.qmail@web21101.mail.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <3C161343.A62C005C@mindspring.com>
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that would be nice i suppose.. :-) BTW, where is this non-GPL code.. i wouldn't mind putting my hands on it and working on it... =Hiten =<hiten@uk.FreeBSD.org> --- Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com> wrote: > Maxim Sobolev wrote: > > > OK, I load the kernel from the JFS. I mount the > root FS, which > > > is a JFS. I read the module "jfs.ko" from the > JFS so that I can > > > mount the root FS, which is a JFS, so I can read > the module "jfs.ko" > > > from the JFS so that I can mount the root FS, > which is a JFS, so I > > > can read the module "jfs.ko" from the JFS so > that I can mount the > > > root FS, which is a JFS, so I can... > > > > > > Do you see the problem yet? > > > > Libstand (and hence the loader) could be extended > to allow reading > > files from jfs without using any GPL'ed code. For > example our loader > > can load modules from the FAT even though we do > not have any M$ code. > > :) Alternatively, /boot could be placed on > separate filesystem, which > > could be ufs or anything else supported by the > loader. > > Patches appreciated. > > Note that if you do a read-only JFS, you are more > than half way there > to a n0n-GPL'ed implementation, so you might as well > finish it off, > instead of porting the IBM code. > > -- Terry ===== -Hiten, Thank You, Yours Sincerely, Hiten Pandya, <hiten@uk.freebsd.org> <http://www.geocities.com/hitmaster2k>; __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Check out Yahoo! Shopping and Yahoo! Auctions for all of your unique holiday gifts! Buy at http://shopping.yahoo.com or bid at http://auctions.yahoo.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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