Date: Thu, 19 Jul 2012 14:36:46 +0200 From: "Julian H. Stacey" <jhs@berklix.com> To: FreeBSD FS <freebsd-fs@freebsd.org>, freebsd-current@freebsd.org Cc: attilio@freebsd.org, Doug Barton <dougb@freebsd.org>, =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Gustau_P=E9rez_i_Querol?= <gperez@entel.upc.edu> Subject: Re: MPSAFE VFS -- List of upcoming actions Message-ID: <201207191236.q6JCaka3073457@fire.js.berklix.net> In-Reply-To: Your message "Wed, 18 Jul 2012 02:03:46 PDT." <50067BF2.40907@FreeBSD.org>
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Doug Barton wrote: > On 07/17/2012 22:54, Gustau Pérez i Querol wrote: > > In fact filesystems not particulary specific and not tied our kernel > > would go to userspace; thinks like smbfs, nwfs, ntfs, ext2 o ext4 for > > example should be in userspace > > A big -1 here. > > The more native FS support we have the better off we are in terms of > both people migrating from other OS', and people who need to maintain > compatibility with other OS'. Personally I use both msdosfs and ext2fs > extensively for the latter purpose, and would not want to see either > removed. It would be regretable if FreeBSD dropped integrated FS support, Many embedded devices that could use BSD, use Linux, eg TV recorder: http://www.humaxfoxsathdr.co.uk/ Ext2/ext4 internal & USB Ext2/4 + FAT32 external. TV recorder: http://www.dreambox800.co.uk FAT. GPS: http://www.tomtom.com/en_gb/search/?q=linux FAT32. Manufacturers are often clueless about BSD, & suprised how much more attractive the BSD (non FSF!) licence is, removing integrated FS support would increase change deterrent. PS Re ext2: I'm looking for an equivalent of mkfs_ext2, any suggestions ? Ports maybe ? `man newfs` gives No useful hints: -T Forget that, I checked the source, its a ref to /etc/disktab SEE ALSO (from 8.2) fdformat(1), geom(4), disktab(5), fs(5), bsdlabel(8), camcontrol(8), dump(8), dumpfs(8), fsck(8), gjournal(8), makefs(8), mount(8), tunefs(8), gvinum(8) Cheers, Julian -- Julian Stacey, BSD Unix Linux C Sys Eng Consultants Munich http://berklix.com Reply below not above, cumulative like a play script, & indent with "> ". Format: Plain text. Not HTML, multipart/alternative, base64, quoted-printable. Mail from Yahoo & Hotmail dumped @Berklix. http://berklix.org/yahoo/
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