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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-owner%NetBSD.org@localhost <tech-kern-owner%NetBSD.org@localhost> on behalf of Christos Zoulas <christos%astron.com@localhost>
Sent: October 29, 2017 2:39:05 PM To: tech-kern%netbsd.org@localhost Subject: Re: ext3 support In article <MWHPR13MB1390A54D6897C09BDC657AE0E25B0%MWHPR13MB1390.namprd13.prod.outlook.com@localhost>,
Abhirup Das <abhirup.das%hotmail.com@localhost> 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 |