> > > *  Journaling for FFS  -- Solaris UFS (the same filesystem we call FFS)
> > >    provides for a journaling filesystem with snapshots. Extend FFS/FFS2
> > >    similarly; it may even be possible to use a compatible on-disk
> > >    format.
> >
> > I find this a very interesting idea.  Has anyone looked at the
> > feasibility of adapting the OpenSolaris ufs code?  Is this possible
> > per the Sun license?
>
> I think that it'd be much better to just look at it for inspiration. If
> you care about journaling, look at "Practical File System Design with the
> Be File System" by Dominic Giampaolo.

Agreed.  I was a little unclear; I was specifically referring to
the hope that their might be a way to achieve a compatible on-disk
format, at least for identical endianness.
>
> > The next step of course would be to support zfs... that would be an
> > awesome SoC project! :-)
>
> As noted, that's much more than an SoC project.

Indeed. :-)


Regards -- Volker
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Volker A. Brandt                  Consulting and Support for Sun Solaris
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