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Date:      Mon, 4 Mar 2002 09:37:54 +1030
From:      Greg Lehey <grog@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Hans Reiser <reiser@namesys.com>
Cc:        Bradley Kite <bradley@deathsgate.demon.co.uk>, reiserfs-list@namesys.com, freebsd-fs@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: [reiserfs-list] Reiserfs on Freebsd
Message-ID:  <20020304093754.A29231@wantadilla.lemis.com>
In-Reply-To: <3C821066.1030604@namesys.com>
References:  <20020301221306.A12425@deathsgate.demon.co.uk> <3C821066.1030604@namesys.com>

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On Sunday,  3 March 2002 at 15:00:38 +0300, Hans Reiser wrote:
> Bradley Kite wrote:
>
>> Hi there.
>>
>> I currently have too much time on my hands and am looking
>> into the possibilities (and feasibility) of implementing ReiserFS
>> on FreeBSD.
>>
>> Does any body know if someone is currently doing this? I dont want to
>> duplicate the effort involved, and would much rather join an
>> existing project that is trying to achieve the same thing.
>>
>> Also, (correct me if I am wrong), I believe that the main ReiserFS
>> code can remain pritty much the same, and only the parts where it
>> interfaces with the VFS, and low-level device drivers would need
>> to be changed in order to port it over to FreeBSD. This is just a guess
>> tho, as I havent really had a propper look at the reiserFS code yet.
>>
>> Any guidance/advice will be much appreciated.
>
> No one is doing it.  Be aware that ReiserFS is GPL'd, and that you
> need to maintain the GPL when doing the port.

Yes, we've discussed this already wrt jfs.  The requirements are
relatively easy to fulfil.

> It is a very large job you are taking on.  Are you sure you want to
> commit that much time without a commercial sponsor paying for it?
> (We have not done the port ourselves because no one will pay for
> it.)

Agreed, this is not a task to be taken lightly.

Greg
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