Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@sourceware.cygnus.com; run by ezmlm List-Unsubscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@sourceware.cygnus.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@sourceware.cygnus.com From: Chris Faylor Date: Mon, 23 Aug 1999 13:57:55 -0400 To: Chris Telting Cc: cygwin@sourceware.cygnus.com Subject: Re: Possibilities for ext2fs Message-ID: <19990823135755.A14634@cygnus.com> Reply-To: cygwin@sourceware.cygnus.com Mail-Followup-To: Chris Telting , cygwin@sourceware.cygnus.com References: <000b01beed41$72349b60$cac656d1@hercules> <19990823111544.F13837@cygnus.com> <002301beed88$7df70b30$c8c556d1@hercules> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.95.6i In-Reply-To: <002301beed88$7df70b30$c8c556d1@hercules>; from Chris Telting on Mon, Aug 23, 1999 at 09:56:47AM -0700 On Mon, Aug 23, 1999 at 09:56:47AM -0700, Chris Telting wrote: >> I'm willing to assist by setting up a cygwin-ext2 mailing list and ftp >> repository, if that helps. > >You must work at cygnus. Yes. I manage the Cygwin project, among other things. >I never decided to do it. It can be done in two to three weeks but is >it worth it? A user mode driver would be slow. And it would only work >on nt(though something similar might be possible for win9x is it worth >it?). A kernel driver would be 6 months since it would require >figuring out how to write kernel drivers and filesystem mini-drivers in >cygwin. I never thought that you'd decided. I was only raising the possibility of supporting you if you decided that you wanted to start the project. -chris -- Want to unsubscribe from this list? Send a message to cygwin-unsubscribe@sourceware.cygnus.com