> <div id="jive-html-wrapper-div"> > > James Dickens wrote: > <blockquote > cite="midcd09bdd10611062233q6dde0c0clc8033761832e9ab2 > mail.gmail.com" > type="cite"><br> > <br> > <div><span class="gmail_quote">On 11/6/06, <b > class="gmail_sendername">Yuen L. Lee</b> <<a > href="mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]">[EMAIL PROTECTED] > /a>> wrote:</span> > <blockquote class="gmail_quote" > tyle="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); > margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">I'm > curious whether there is a version of Linux 2.6 ZFS > available?<br> > Many thanks.</blockquote> > <div><br> > rry there is no ZFS in Linux, and given current > stands of Linus > Torvalds and the current Kernel team there never will > be, because Linux > is GPLv2 and it is incompatible with ZFS that is > released under the > CDDL license. The closest possibility to getting ZFS > in Linux is > through the FUSE project that is porting ZFS to > userland that runs > inside Linux but is not in the kernel so not limited > by the license > argument. <br> > </div> > </div> > </blockquote> > Just in case it isn't mentioned by someone else, many > of the > OpenSolaris folks would probably encourage you, Yuen, > to bring this up > with the Linux kernel folks. Obviously, things > like filesystems are > very useful to have implementations of on many > platforms (i.e. people > should own their data, their operating systems > shouldn't). <br> > <br> > I'm not an expert (nor am I offering legal advice), > but my > understanding of GPLv2 is the copyright holder can > explicitly state > exceptions on linking, so they could allow linking > with ZFS even though > it's under the CDDL. Linux, when run on say > something like a > mainframe, already does link with non-GPL > modules.<br>
Thanks, Matt! I have the same understanding from my previous experience. The difference is my code may not be integrated into the official distribution. I'm interested in porting the ZFS to the Linux platform because I'm attempting to use ZFS in openfiler. I think it would be an interesting and useful project. > <br> > So my understanding is it's not a legal issue or > technical issue (other > than that pesky porting), but more of a > whether-or-not-people-want-it. > So if you want it, you should ping the appropriate > Linux folks.<br> I agree. Unfortunately, I don't have any connections with any appropriate Linux folks. This is why I asked in the opensolaris forum to see whether there is any Linux ZFS available. Nonetheless, I'm interested in porting the ZFS to the Linux 2.6 platform. I'm hoping I can share some of the porting workload with others who share this interest. My goal is to use ZFS in my NAS openfiler. > <blockquote > cite="midcd09bdd10611062233q6dde0c0clc8033761832e9ab2 > mail.gmail.com" > type="cite"> > <div> > <div><br> > f course its probably easier just to run Solaris > Express it should > have most of your favorite Linux applications > allready ported, if not > you can use Brandz that allows you to run most Linux > apps/excutables in > a Zone inside Solaris. <br> > <br> > mes Dickens<br> > <a > href="http://uadmin.blogspot.com";>uadmin.blogspot.com > /a> <br> > <br> > bsp;</div> > <br> > <blockquote class="gmail_quote" > style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); > margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">This > essage posted from <a > href="http://opensolaris.org";>opensolaris.org</a><br> > _______________________________________________<br> > zfs-discuss mailing list<br> > <a > href="mailto:zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org";>zfs-discuss@ > opensolaris.org > </a><br> > <a > href="http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs > -discuss">http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo > /zfs-discuss</a><br> > </blockquote> > </div> > <br> > <pre wrap=""> > <hr size="4" width="90%"> > _______________________________________________ > zfs-discuss mailing list > <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" > href="mailto:zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org";>zfs-discuss@ > opensolaris.org</a> > <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" > href="http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs > -discuss">http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo > /zfs-discuss</a> > </pre> > blockquote> > <br> > <br> > <pre class="moz-signature" cols="72">-- > Matt Ingenthron - Web Infrastructure Solutions > Architect > Sun Microsystems, Inc. - Client Solutions, Systems > Practice > <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" > href="http://blogs.sun.com/mingenthron/";>http://blogs. > sun.com/mingenthron/</a> > email: <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" > href="mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]">matt.ingenthron@ > sun.com</a> Phone: 310-242-6439 > > > </pre> > > </div>_______________________________________________ > zfs-discuss mailing list > zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org > http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discu > ss This message posted from opensolaris.org _______________________________________________ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss
