FreeBSD and xfsprogs ?
Conrad Meyer
cem at freebsd.org
Fri Mar 23 19:51:11 UTC 2018
On Fri, Mar 23, 2018 at 12:18 PM, Luis R. Rodriguez <mcgrof at kernel.org> wrote:
> On the Linux xfs development list there is an RFC to remove IRIX,
> Darwin, and FreeBSD support from xfsprogs, the userspace program used
> to create/interact with XFS filesystems. Just wanted to poke and check
> to ensure that FreeBSD is not interested in XFS, if this is incorrect
> now would be the good time to chime into the list and discussion.
>
> [0] https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20180322202102.wpff347scdmfpv62@odin.usersys.redhat.com
Hi Luis,
FreeBSD 11+ can mount XFS filesystems read and write via a FUSE port
incorporating LKL[0] (sysutils/fusefs-lkl). I would appreciate
xfsprogs retaining FreeBSD support at least for creating or modifying
offline XFS filesystems, if it isn't too painful for you.
Thanks,
Conrad
[0]: https://github.com/lkl/linux
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