From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Hans Reiser Subject: Re: Reiser4 status as of this weekend Date: Thu, 20 May 2004 10:37:00 -0700 Message-ID: <200405201037.00029.reiser@namesys.com> References: <003a01c4377d$d653eac0$7d02a8c0@toronto.chantrynetworks.com> <20040519195056.GM24604@nysv.org> <1085045969.1431.141.camel@tribesman.namesys.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: list-help: list-unsubscribe: list-post: Errors-To: flx@namesys.com In-Reply-To: <1085045969.1431.141.camel@tribesman.namesys.com> Content-Disposition: inline List-Id: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" To: Vladimir Saveliev , Markus =?utf-8?q?T=D0=96rnqvist?= Cc: Russell Treleaven , ReiserFS List On Thursday 20 May 2004 02:39, Vladimir Saveliev wrote: > Hello > > On Wed, 2004-05-19 at 23:50, Markus T=D0=96rnqvist wrote: > > On Sun, May 16, 2004 at 10:30:59AM -0700, Hans Reiser wrote: > > >Markus T=C3=B6rnqvist wrote: > > > > [mmap] > > > > >>>substantial work to do right, and is in progress. We currently have= a > > >>>fix that costs performance, and are fixing the performance issue > > >>> (which is fixable but requires code....). > > >> > > >>Would you say this is the biggest issue? > > > > > >It is the only issue that I know of. > > > > How about Copy-on-capture? Is it usable? Does it provide better > > performance? > > When we moved to mm kernel it broke. When it was working - it did not > show significant effect in quick tests like bonnie. =46ix it. Find the right test to measure its effect. > > > >>What about NFS? > > > > > >fixed by nikita recently but not released. See next snapshot. > > > > I'm trying BK pulls. Yesterday it didn't compile, xfs seemed broken. > > Retrying now, after bk -r get. > > > > I wrote a lame script, haven't used it much myself, but it should do > > something. Like get a BK pull. > > http://mjt.nysv.org/reiser/getreiser.sh > > http://mjt.nysv.org/reiser/getreiser.sh.txt > > > > >by doing the architectural work.... Also, it requires that 2/3 of the > > >work (by cost) be done in the US, and the moscow embassy has gone into > > > > Have you tried other governments? > > > > >total asshole mode and isn't giving work visas to most russians. Stil= l, > > >we will try to get work visas in 6 months. I hope that it being for D= oD > > >work will increase the chance of getting visas. > > > > That must not fail. > > The DoD can't say "please give these guys work visas" just to cover > > their own interests? Or this has no effect? > > > > >It is in the source code..... we have the best commented source code in > > >the kernel (Andrew Morton is the only other kernel person who comments > > >code well that I know of). > > > > There was also a tangent on the topic of creating daily snapshots. > > > > This might make it easier for people to come to terms with Reiser4. > > People have many reasons to dislike BK, so a daily snapshot patch > > against some vanilla system may be a good thing. > > > > However, having broken code in the BK for days without having time to > > fix it is not good. > > > > So this would require changelogs and some testing on snapshots so that > > every once in a while one can be labeled "stable as hell"