From owner-freebsd-fs Tue Mar 31 09:09:04 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id JAA22334 for freebsd-fs-outgoing; Tue, 31 Mar 1998 09:09:04 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-fs@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from camel7.mindspring.com (camel7.mindspring.com [207.69.200.57]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id JAA22306 for ; Tue, 31 Mar 1998 09:09:02 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from sbsmyth@mindspring.com) Received: from mindspring.com (user-37kb5bs.dialup.mindspring.com [207.69.149.124]) by camel7.mindspring.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id MAA20970 for ; Tue, 31 Mar 1998 12:08:51 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <3520FBE2.B12EB7F7@mindspring.com> Date: Tue, 31 Mar 1998 09:21:22 -0500 From: Scott Smyth X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.03 [en] (X11; I; Linux 2.0.33 iU86) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-fs@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Possibility of Porting BSD fs to Linux and vice-versa? Possible? Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-fs@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org I have been pondering the possibility of porting filesystems back and forth between BSD and Linux. Could someone shed some light on whether porting a BSD-supported filesystem to Linux or vice-versa is fundamentally possible? I think it is, but I wonder if there is something missing from my understanding. What are the issues involved? Specifically, I have been looking at the Union FS, but more generally, what porting issues are involved. Applications are easy from both directions...what about a fs? By the way, I use both. Thanks, Scott -- Scott Smyth (770) 923-2004 sbsmyth@mindspring.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-fs" in the body of the message