Date: Sat, 01 Feb 2014 14:13:32 -0500 From: Pedro Giffuni <pfg@FreeBSD.org> To: Benjamin Kaduk <bjk@freebsd.org> Cc: FreeBSD Filesystems <freebsd-fs@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: UFS(2) portable driver for other OS Message-ID: <52ED475C.3050802@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <alpine.GSO.1.10.1402011235220.27579@multics.mit.edu> References: <52EC5B93.9010709@FreeBSD.org> <alpine.GSO.1.10.1402011235220.27579@multics.mit.edu>
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On 01/02/2014 12:38, Benjamin Kaduk wrote: > On Fri, 31 Jan 2014, Pedro Giffuni wrote: > >> I have some interest in resurrecting the MacOS X UFS1 support and >> perhaps get it to a point where it supports softupdates, but I don't >> know yet sufficient about kexts. > > I believe that OS X is moving towards requiring signed kexts; I don't > know whether your interest extends to paying for a code-signing > certificate. > I wouldn't but it would probably be something that the BSD community would crowdfund. It may even be a valid business: would BSD guys pay $2-5 through the Apple Store for a UFS driver? Of course if one wants to charge it would have to be pretty good and then the development model just becomes much more complex. Just a thought ... don't send money :-P, Pedro.
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