Date: Mon, 25 Sep 2000 03:17:09 -0700 (PDT) From: Kris Kennaway <kris@FreeBSD.org> To: Dag-Erling Smorgrav <des@ofug.org> Cc: Dwight Tuinstra <tuinstra@clarkson.edu>, freebsd-fs <freebsd-fs@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Journaling Filesystems in bsd? (LFS, anyone?) Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0009250314410.31922-100000@freefall.freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <xzpzokwzxi9.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no>
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On 25 Sep 2000, Dag-Erling Smorgrav wrote:
> Dwight Tuinstra <tuinstra@clarkson.edu> writes:
> > At present, the only working, available LFS system (that I'm aware
> > of) for a freeNIX is the one in NetBSD, though there are at least two
> > efforts underway for Linux.
> > [...]
> > Is there any interest in porting/redesigning LFS for FreeBSD?
>
> If NetBSD has an LFS, I think it would be best to port that and strive
> to remain compatible with NetBSD rather than invent our own stuff.
NetBSD have an LFS which is at least actively developed, whether or not
it's production-grade. However they also don't have a unified buffer
cache; lack of developer attention to adapt the code to this being what
killed our LFS, as I understand it.
Kris
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