On Tuesday, 11 December 2001 at 10:56:17 +1030, Greg Lehey wrote: > On Monday, 10 December 2001 at 17:39:35 -0500, Matthew Emmerton wrote: >>> * Hiten Pandya <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [011210 16:02] wrote: >>>> hi all, >>>> >>>> this is a wild idea...suggestion... >>>> >>>> i wanted to ask if there were any _plans_ to port >>>> JFS (Journaled File System) to FreeBSD... >>>> >>>> as for JFS, it is developed by IBM for Linux and >>>> is licensed under GPL, so we could put this into >>>> src/gnu/ >>>> >>>> It is used on IBM MainFrames and Enterprise servers >>>> for >>>> high performance and maximum throughput... >>> >>> I'm glad you took the time to read the marketting literature. >>> >>> The problem is that porting it is going to be a bit more complicated >>> than just dumping it into src/gnu. >>> >>> Feel free to take a shot at porting it though, let us know >>> when you're done. >> >> I'm gainfully employed by IBM (although not for FreeBSD pursuits), >> and have had this on my TODO list for a while. > > Well, I'm gainfully employed by IBM, both for FreeBSD and JFS. I've > thought (and spoken) about this from time to time. It would be a lot > of work.
BTW, if anybody wants to do it anyway, let me know. I'm in a position to help with information, though possibly not with coding. Greg -- See complete headers for address and phone numbers To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
