MPSAFE VFS -- List of upcoming actions
Julian H. Stacey
jhs at berklix.com
Thu Jul 19 12:35:26 UTC 2012
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
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