November 1, 2026 at 1:24 PM, "NexusSfan" <[email protected] 
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wrote:



> 
> On 11/1/26 10:15 AM, jbranso--- via Bug reports for the GNU Hurd wrote:
> 
> > 
> > I'm just forwarding your email to bug-hurd. Let's keep the discussion on 
> > the mailing list eh?
> >  And I really do not have any answers to your questions. I'm not a Hurd 
> > developer. :(
> >  Maybe is some ways ext3/4 is better that gefs. Though I don't think ext3/4 
> > has snapshots...
> >  Joshua
> > 
> With Hurd, you don't need to have your own filesystem to be upstreamed, 
> because of translators.
> 
> I assume that if the gefs driver is less than 1000 lines like you mentioned, 
> it should be somewhat easy to create your own Hurd translator for it.

If I said less than 1,000 lines...I miswrote.  it's closer to 10,000 lines of 
code.

> Of course, if you want the Hurd to boot from gefs there are some extra steps 
> you need to do.
> 
> -- NexusSfan
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