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I believe the grandparent post is referring to the fact that HFS+ is available in the open source release of xnu [1] while the question of whether Apple will op
by jevinskie 10y ago
I believe the grandparent post is referring to the fact that HFS+ is available in the open source release of xnu [1] while the question of whether Apple will open source APFS kext, especially given their recent trend of moving functionality from xnu into closed source kexts.
I think it would be smart for them to open source it, if not simply for the interoperability use cases.
[1]: http://opensource.apple.com//source/xnu/xnu-2050.18.24/bsd/hfs/ http://opensource.apple.com//source/xnu/xnu-2050.18.24/bsd/h...
- newhouseb 10y agoYep. So far, they've committed to publishing "the APFS volume format" [1]. It'll be interesting if they fold it back (into the kernel proper) as part of making APFS bootable. [1] https://developer.apple.com/library/prerelease/content/documentation/FileManagement/Conceptual/APFS_Guide/UsingtheAppleFileSystem/UsingtheAppleFileSystem.html https://developer.apple.com/library/prerelease/content/docum...