HP open-sources the Tru64 filesystem [LWN.net]

HP open-sources the Tru64 filesystem

Posted Jun 23, 2008 18:00 UTC (Mon) by trasz (guest, #45786)
Parent article: HP open-sources the Tru64 filesystem

Why wasn't it ported to HP-UX?

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HP open-sources the Tru64 filesystem

Posted Jun 23, 2008 18:27 UTC (Mon) by vmole (guest, #111) [Link]

It was:

This directory includes the source code for a second generation implementation of AdvFS, including the kernel modules, commands and utilities.

This is the code that was ported to HP-UX.

(From the notes on the sourceforge download page for the gen2 source)

It looks like it was ported but never productized, possibly[1] because HP realized that both HP-UX and Tru64 were dead ends: worth maintaining for the existing customer base, but not worth a lot of investment.

Steve

[1] meaning: complete wild-ass guess on my part.

HP open-sources the Tru64 filesystem

Posted Jun 23, 2008 20:22 UTC (Mon) by trasz (guest, #45786) [Link]

Hm.  Given how the IBM changed the strategy wrt AIX in recent few years - they switched from
considering AIX to be a dead end to be replaced by Linux to considering Linux "AIX for the
less fortunate" - HP might want to reconsider.

HP open-sources the Tru64 filesystem

Posted Jun 23, 2008 23:35 UTC (Mon) by smoogen (subscriber, #97) [Link]

> Hm.  Given how the IBM changed the strategy wrt AIX in recent few years 
> - they switched from considering AIX to be a dead end to be replaced by
> Linux to considering Linux "AIX for the less fortunate" - HP might want
> to reconsider.

I don't know.. I do not see a large upswell in AIX purchases with that new formula. The number
of AIX systems is continuing to go down in relation to Solaris and Linux.

HP open-sources the Tru64 filesystem

Posted Jun 25, 2008 21:34 UTC (Wed) by trasz (guest, #45786) [Link]

Does anyone know how hard would it be to get it running under HP-UX 11i?  Old HPPA machines
are fairly common and cheap, even here, in Poland; Alphas, on the other hand, are not.