Parallelize page queues
Hi i just found this project idea under gsoc ideas, https://wiki.netbsd.org/projects/project/page_queues/ has this project already been completed? If not what documentation and resources do I need to build this, and where can I find them? I would like to take this project on from January.
Re: ext3 support
Just curious what is missing from the google summer of code work that you linked in your email. Why hasn't that been merged into the main repository? From: tech-kern-ow...@netbsd.org on behalf of Christos Zoulas Sent: October 29, 2017 2:39:05 PM To: tech-kern@netbsd.org Subject: Re: ext3 support In article , Abhirup Das wrote: >Hi, > >I just came across the ext3 implementation project listed on the netbsd >website, https://wiki.netbsd.org/projects/project/ext3fs/ >and I would like to take the time to implement this. But I am not too >sure on how to start this project, I have read up on journaling and I >understand the added work that journaling needs to perform. >However I am sure ext3 needs more than just journaling, but I havent >come across a specifications list for ext3 yet. Any advice on how to >start this project would be greatly appreciated. So this is a bit complicated issue. I am not sure if adding journaling support is worth it (compared to the amount of time it will take to implement it) because you can always mount the filesystem on linux, recover from the journal and then use it on NetBSD. OTOH there has been some ext3/ext4 work done as part of GSoC 2016... https://summerofcode.withgoogle.com/archive/2016/projects/5183714946449408/ Finishing the RW support for it might be a more useful endeavor. christos
Re: ext3 support
I see that there is some work done on ext3 and ext4, but only on read only mode. Why wasnt this merged into the kernel? Are you guys waiting on it to be complete ext3/ext4 support, as in with write support? And the project description there specifically mentioned journaling and since ext3 is backwards compatible, I would imagine ext3 in read only mode is the same thing as ext2 is it not? And I would still like to pursue the journaling option, I am guessing I have to dig through the FFS journaling extension to figure out how this works? Are there specific mentors I could talk to regarding the file system like the previous gsoc student had? Thanks. From: tech-kern-ow...@netbsd.org on behalf of Christos Zoulas Sent: October 29, 2017 2:39:05 PM To: tech-kern@netbsd.org Subject: Re: ext3 support In article , Abhirup Das wrote: >Hi, > >I just came across the ext3 implementation project listed on the netbsd >website, https://wiki.netbsd.org/projects/project/ext3fs/ >and I would like to take the time to implement this. But I am not too >sure on how to start this project, I have read up on journaling and I >understand the added work that journaling needs to perform. >However I am sure ext3 needs more than just journaling, but I havent >come across a specifications list for ext3 yet. Any advice on how to >start this project would be greatly appreciated. So this is a bit complicated issue. I am not sure if adding journaling support is worth it (compared to the amount of time it will take to implement it) because you can always mount the filesystem on linux, recover from the journal and then use it on NetBSD. OTOH there has been some ext3/ext4 work done as part of GSoC 2016... https://summerofcode.withgoogle.com/archive/2016/projects/5183714946449408/ Finishing the RW support for it might be a more useful endeavor. christos
ext3 support
Hi, I just came across the ext3 implementation project listed on the netbsd website, https://wiki.netbsd.org/projects/project/ext3fs/ and I would like to take the time to implement this. But I am not too sure on how to start this project, I have read up on journaling and I understand the added work that journaling needs to perform. However I am sure ext3 needs more than just journaling, but I havent come across a specifications list for ext3 yet. Any advice on how to start this project would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!
