Re: FreeVxFS

[Miguel Mendez <flynn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Jeroen Ruigrok/asmodai wrote:

> > Is this RW? I've always been under the impression that this was there to
> > be able to mount vxfs volumes from Linux in read only mode.
>
> Mmm, that might be right.  Not sure to be honest.  If so, it would be
> akin to the NTFS code we have. ;)

Googling around it seems it's still readonly. AFAIK the only OS for x86 
that uses VxFS by default is SCO's UnixWare. Most Solaris boxen were FS 
reliability is critical use VxFS as well, so it could be useful for some 
people if/when DFly gets ported to sparc. It's pretty much a niche 
application. I'd say it depends on the amount of required man-hours to 
port it. I personally find it much more interesting to develop a native 
journaling FS for DF. Been wanting to do so for a long time. I even have 
some small prototypes and lots of ideas on paper, but it will be several 
months before I have something people can look at. It also depends on 
how much spare time I can get, been quite busy with work lately.

Cheers,
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