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Date:      Tue, 11 Dec 2001 10:58:15 +1030
From:      Greg Lehey <grog@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Hiten Pandya <hitmaster2k@yahoo.com>, Matthew Emmerton <matt@gsicomp.on.ca>, Anthony Schneider <aschneid@mail.slc.edu>
Cc:        current@FreeBSD.org, hackers@FreeBSD.org, Alfred Perlstein <bright@mu.org>
Subject:   Re: [SUGGESTION] - JFS for FreeBSD
Message-ID:  <20011211105815.L63585@monorchid.lemis.com>
In-Reply-To: <20011211105617.K63585@monorchid.lemis.com>
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On Tuesday, 11 December 2001 at 10:56:17 +1030, Greg Lehey wrote:
> On Monday, 10 December 2001 at 17:39:35 -0500, Matthew Emmerton wrote:
>>> * Hiten Pandya <hitmaster2k@yahoo.com> [011210 16:02] wrote:
>>>> hi all,
>>>>
>>>> this is a wild idea...suggestion...
>>>>
>>>> i wanted to ask if there were any _plans_ to port
>>>> JFS (Journaled File System) to FreeBSD...
>>>>
>>>> as for JFS, it is developed by IBM for Linux and
>>>> is licensed under GPL, so we could put this into
>>>> src/gnu/
>>>>
>>>> It is used on IBM MainFrames and Enterprise servers
>>>> for
>>>> high performance and maximum throughput...
>>>
>>> I'm glad you took the time to read the marketting literature.
>>>
>>> The problem is that porting it is going to be a bit more complicated
>>> than just dumping it into src/gnu.
>>>
>>> Feel free to take a shot at porting it though, let us know
>>> when you're done.
>>
>> I'm gainfully employed by IBM (although not for FreeBSD pursuits),
>> and have had this on my TODO list for a while.
>
> Well, I'm gainfully employed by IBM, both for FreeBSD and JFS.  I've
> thought (and spoken) about this from time to time.  It would be a lot
> of work.

BTW, if anybody wants to do it anyway, let me know.  I'm in a position
to help with information, though possibly not with coding.

Greg
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