>From: Mike Silbersack <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >On Fri, 9 Sep 2005, Kamal R. Prasad wrote: > >> would a port of JFS2 be of interest to freebsd core? >> thanks >> -kamal > >There are many things that would be of interest to FreeBSD users, but >that's not a good reason to start a project. If you're motivated only >because you think others desire your work, you'll probably give up when >you have to start dealing with all the realities of the project. However, >if you're motivated because *you* want to port JFS2, then you'll probably >do a good job of it. > >So, of course support for new filesystem support is good, but my personal >opinion is that JFS2 isn't worth your time, for two reasons: > >a) Even if it's BSD licensed, it's unlikely to displace UFS as our >default filesystem. > >b) It's not a widely used filesystem, so it doesn't really increase our >interoperability with other OSes. > >OTOH, updating our ext2 code, or ntfs code (if that's even possible) would >be something of use to many people, I suspect.
Why not go for ext3 instead of JFS then? It has journaling in it. -SB _______________________________________________ freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
