On Nov 30, 2007 5:28 PM, Jan Senolt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hello,
> I would like to propose a new Open Solaris project called "Ext2 filesystem"
> providing ext2 filesystem interoperability capabilites for OpenSolaris.
>
> Ext2 filesystem (or Second Extended Filesystem) is the standard filesystem
> for GNU/Linux and was ported to another operating systems too. Although ext2
> is not a journaling file system, its successor, ext3, provides journaling and
> is almost completely compatible with ext2. The initial implementation will
> not perform logging from ext3. Support from logging can be added later.
I assume that this project seeks providing some level of
interoperability with Linux.
If so I think targeting ext3 from the moment zero is essential, since
(AFAIK) it used
almost exclusively these days instead of ext2.
I think that providing ext3 capability in Solaris is an important step
toward broader/
easier Solaris penetration into traditional Linux turf. In fact when
I'm talking with Linux
people about trying Solaris I'm almost always asked "Will Solaris access my ext3
filesystem ?".
These is one important thing, however, to mention - very large amount of ext[23]
filesystems are deployed over LVM. So unless it is also supported in Solaris
accessing Linux ext[23] filesystem can be problematic.
So, +1 for this project proposal.
--
Regards,
Cyril
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