The Tux3 filesystem returns
The "Tux3" next-generation filesystem project generated a lot of discussion
and a fair amount of code before fading into obscurity; LWN last covered this work in 2008. Tux3 developer
Daniel Phillips has resurfaced with a new-year posting suggesting that work
on this code is resuming. "In
brief, the first time Hirofumi ever put together all the kernel pieces in his
magical lab over in Tokyo, our Tux3 rocket took off and made it straight to
orbit. Or in less metaphorical terms, our first meaningful benchmarks turned in
numbers that meet or even slightly beat the illustrious incumbent,
Ext4." The code can be found in
git://github.com/OGAWAHirofumi/tux3.git for those who want to play with it.