Date: Fri, 9 Jan 1998 21:42:58 +0100 From: Ollivier Robert <roberto@keltia.freenix.fr> To: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ACL based file access mechanism for FreeBSD? Message-ID: <19980109214258.60261@keltia.freenix.fr> In-Reply-To: <19980109120216.HY47406@mars.hsc.fr>; from Pierre Beyssac on Fri, Jan 09, 1998 at 12:02:16PM %2B0100 References: <199801072207.OAA25411@monk.via.net> <19980109101550.48723@deepo.prosa.dk> <19980109120216.HY47406@mars.hsc.fr>
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According to Pierre Beyssac:
> AFAIK, the ext2fs is not based on Rémy's code. I believe it's a ffs
> rewritten with the ext2fs structures. From the original ext2fs code,
> it apparently only uses the .h files and a few C routines.
Not exactly, it is the version of ext2fs used in Lites, a Lite-2 server for
Mach 3.x and 4.x:
dyson 95/11/05 15:25:13
Added: sys/gnu/ext2fs COPYRIGHT.INFO ext2_alloc.c ext2_balloc.c
ext2_extern.h ext2_fs.h ext2_fs_i.h ext2_fs_sb.h
ext2_inode.c ext2_inode_cnv.c ext2_linux_balloc.c
ext2_linux_ialloc.c ext2_lookup.c ext2_readwrite.c
ext2_subr.c ext2_vfsops.c ext2_vnops.c fs.h
i386-bitops.h
Log:
Main code for the ext2fs filesystem. Please refer to the COPYRIGHT.INFO
file for GPL restrictions. This code was ported to the BSD platform
by Godmar Back <gback@facility.cs.utah.edu> and specifically to FreeBSD
by John Dyson. This code is still green and should be used with caution.
Additional changes to UFS necessary to make this code work will be commited
seperately.
Submitted by: Godmar Back <gback@facility.cs.utah.edu>
Obtained from: Lites/Mach4
> That's probably why Rémy has no intention to be involved in this :-)
There is also a problem with the license if I remember well.
--
Ollivier ROBERT -=- FreeBSD: The Power to Serve! -=- roberto@keltia.freenix.fr
FreeBSD keltia.freenix.fr 3.0-CURRENT #2: Thu Jan 8 00:49:00 CET 1998
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