Subject: Re: google's summer of code makefs extension
To: Zbigniew Baniewski <zb@ispid.com.pl>
From: matthew sporleder <msporleder@gmail.com>
List: netbsd-users
Date: 06/09/2005 15:01:56
ReiserFS has a weird license requiring a Linux or GPL kernel to be free.
The OpenBFS project might be a better target since it uses the MIT license.

(XFS, which has a port for freebsd is also gpl, along with jfs and others.)

On 6/8/05, Zbigniew Baniewski <zb@ispid.com.pl> wrote:
> On Thu, Jun 09, 2005 at 01:46:46AM +0300, Christos Zoulas wrote:
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> > Good for you. I still would not trust my data (and I now know that I sh=
ould
> > not) with an fsck that says:
> >
> >   **********************************************************
> >   ** This  is  an  experimental  version  of  reiserfsck, ** [..]
> >   **********************************************************
> >
> > Or do you have non-experimental version and one that actually works pro=
perly?
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> No, it was the same, ran directly from Knoppix CD. I know, such message
> looks VERY confusing, and I used that just because I had no other tool.
> But it did its job fine indeed! :)
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> I suppose, reiserfs cannot be described as "unstable" no more. Perhaps
> really that earlier 3.5.23 version will not be recommended - as you wrote=
 -
> for heavily loaded servers? Still, it'll be very nice fs for desktops and
> moderately loaded servers...
> --
>                                 pozdrawiam / regards
>=20
>                                                 Zbigniew Baniewski
>=20


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_Matt