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diff --git a/open_issues/bcachefs.mdwn b/open_issues/bcachefs.mdwn index 330a41e1..223616e9 100644 --- a/open_issues/bcachefs.mdwn +++ b/open_issues/bcachefs.mdwn @@ -11,11 +11,12 @@ License|/fdl]]."]]"""]] [[!tag open_issue_hurd]] -The Hurd's primary filesystem is ext2, which works but lacks modern -features. Ext2 does not have a journal, so Hurd users occasionally -have to deal with filesystem corruption. `fsck` can fix most of the -issues (with loss of random data), but without a proper journal the -Hurd currently is not a good a OS for long-term data storage. +The Hurd's primary filesystem is [[hurd/translator/ext2fs]], which also supports +an ext3/ext4 compatible journal. However, the ext2/3/4 filesystems are non-CoW +filesystems and are somewhat technically dated. ZFS has shown what is possible +with a CoW filesystem. Perhaps [Bcachefs](https://bcachefs.org/) could be the +Hurd's modern CoW filesystem, but only a devoted developer could port it to the Hurd. +There are currently no concrete plans to do so due to lack of developer man power. Bcachefs is a modern COW (copy-on-write) open source filesystem for Linux, which intends to replace Btrfs and ZFS while having the @@ -27,13 +28,11 @@ database transaction layer. That core database library is maybe Some Hurd developers recently [[talked with Bcachefs|https://youtube.com/watch?v=bcWsrYvc5Fg]] author Kent -Overstreat about porting bcachefs to the Hurd. There are currently no -concrete plans to do so due to lack of developer man power. - +Overstreat about porting bcachefs to the Hurd. Kent explained that 90% of the Bcachefs filesystem code builds and runs in userspace. It uses a shim layer that makes maps kernel locking primatives to -pthreads, the kernel io API is mapped to AIO, etc. Bcachefs does -intend to eventually rewrite most or all of its current codebase into +pthreads, the kernel io API is mapped to AIO, etc. Kent +intends to eventually rewrite most or all of bcachefs in rust. Kent is ok with us merging a shim layer for libstore that maps to the |