Re: [zfs-discuss] ZFS forks (Was: LZO compression?)

2007-07-27 Thread Mario Goebbels
Accessibility of the data is also a reason, in dual boot scenarios. Doesn't need to be a native Windows driver, but something that still ties into the Explorer. There's still the option of running Solaris in VMware, but that's a bit heavy handed. -mg TT You like Windows /that much/ ? Note Sun

Re: [zfs-discuss] ZFS forks (Was: LZO compression?)

2007-07-27 Thread andrewk9
Windows has a user mode driver frame work thingy - came across it recently in the lsit of services on my XP box. Perhaps this could be used to host a ZFS driver on Windows? Andrew. This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ zfs-discuss mailing

Re: [zfs-discuss] ZFS forks (Was: LZO compression?)

2007-07-27 Thread Robert Milkowski
Hello Toby, Thursday, July 26, 2007, 6:18:46 PM, you wrote: TT On 26-Jul-07, at 1:24 PM, Robert Milkowski wrote: Hello Matthew, Thursday, July 26, 2007, 2:56:32 PM, you wrote: MA Robert Milkowski wrote: Hello Matthew, Monday, June 18, 2007, 7:28:35 PM, you wrote: MA FYI, we're already

Re: [zfs-discuss] ZFS forks (Was: LZO compression?)

2007-07-26 Thread Matthew Ahrens
Robert Milkowski wrote: Hello Matthew, Monday, June 18, 2007, 7:28:35 PM, you wrote: MA FYI, we're already working with engineers on some other ports to ensure MA on-disk compatability. Those changes are going smoothly. So please, MA contact us if you want to make (or want us to make)

Re: [zfs-discuss] ZFS forks (Was: LZO compression?)

2007-07-26 Thread Robert Milkowski
Hello Matthew, Thursday, July 26, 2007, 2:56:32 PM, you wrote: MA Robert Milkowski wrote: Hello Matthew, Monday, June 18, 2007, 7:28:35 PM, you wrote: MA FYI, we're already working with engineers on some other ports to ensure MA on-disk compatability. Those changes are going smoothly.

Re: [zfs-discuss] ZFS forks (Was: LZO compression?)

2007-07-26 Thread Robert Milkowski
Hello Matthew, Monday, June 18, 2007, 7:28:35 PM, you wrote: MA FYI, we're already working with engineers on some other ports to ensure MA on-disk compatability. Those changes are going smoothly. So please, MA contact us if you want to make (or want us to make) on-disk changes to ZFS MA for

Re: [zfs-discuss] ZFS forks (Was: LZO compression?)

2007-07-26 Thread Toby Thain
On 26-Jul-07, at 1:24 PM, Robert Milkowski wrote: Hello Matthew, Thursday, July 26, 2007, 2:56:32 PM, you wrote: MA Robert Milkowski wrote: Hello Matthew, Monday, June 18, 2007, 7:28:35 PM, you wrote: MA FYI, we're already working with engineers on some other ports to ensure MA

[zfs-discuss] ZFS forks (Was: LZO compression?)

2007-06-18 Thread Mario Goebbels
This LZO issue is something that might crop up again and again in different shapes. If ZFS is being adopted on different operating systems, people might start cooking their own soups. What are the plans to keep this under control? What if Unix Variant/Clone X suddenly decides their ZFS code needs

Re: [zfs-discuss] ZFS forks (Was: LZO compression?)

2007-06-18 Thread Will Murnane
On 6/18/07, Mario Goebbels [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Now lets consider a worse case, what if Unix Variant Y thinks it figured out some nice performance tweaks, but requires changes to the on-disk layout? Perhaps a variant on Knuth's TeX license could be used? You can do what you like with it,

Re: [zfs-discuss] ZFS forks (Was: LZO compression?)

2007-06-18 Thread Matthew Ahrens
Mario Goebbels wrote: This LZO issue is something that might crop up again and again in different shapes. If ZFS is being adopted on different operating systems, people might start cooking their own soups. I don't know about any legal restrictions that might or might not be in place to