From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Hans Reiser Subject: Re: Plugin Patch (was Re: creating live virtual files by concatenation) Date: Tue, 28 Feb 2006 11:48:26 -0800 Message-ID: <4404A90A.5060709@namesys.com> References: <1271316508.20060225153749@dns.toxicfilms.tv> <44036470.8050305@namesys.com> <200602272224.19908.pvh@uvic.ca> <200602281508.00718.fred@uh.cu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: list-help: list-unsubscribe: list-post: Errors-To: flx@namesys.com In-Reply-To: <200602281508.00718.fred@uh.cu> List-Id: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: Yoanis Gil Delgado Cc: reiserfs-list@namesys.com Yoanis and Peter, you are very generous with your time. Thank you. Hans Yoanis Gil Delgado wrote: >On Tuesday 28 February 2006 01:24, Peter van Hardenberg wrote: > > >>Hans, >> >>you've said that these kinds of plugins should be something a weekend >>warrior could tackle. Our group had a real stab and dumped hundreds of man >>hours into the project with little effect. Admittedly, we were not >>experienced kernel hackers, but we were all comfortable in low-level C and >>quite happy to read source. >> >>I request that a simple plugin be maintained as a standalone patch to >>Reiser4 >> >>Ideally, there would be a small set of these plugins demonstrating how to >>create a new plugin which operates within the existing disk structure, and >>one that extends the on-disk format in a safe way. >> >>This would allow interested parties to see in isolation what a Reiser4 >>plugin looks like and would further provide a conceptual grappling point >>for the development of a new plugin. >> >>I have been getting requests for just such a plugin to be added to my >>reiser4 developer's wiki (http://pvh.ca/trac/wiki/reiser4) at a rate of >>about one every two months. A few successful third-party plugins would >>hopefully increase interest in this. >> >>I realise you and your team are up to your necks in serious work on >>hardcore lowlevel material, but I believe a brief diversion of some of your >>resources would provide a significant reward. >> >>Right now, the cost-of-entry appears to be set too high for developers >>outside your team to approach the project. >> >>If this information is already out there somewhere, great. I will integrate >>it in the R4DevWiki and answer questions as best I can. If anyone out there >>disagrees with me about the current difficulty of producing even a simple >>plugin, let them prove me wrong with a patch. >> >>-pvh >> >> > >We most take the advance.I suggest to all people interested in this to spent a >full weekend creating such a plugin. There is a possibility of failure >but..... we will gather enough question for the people at namesys and they >can share some ligth. Then we spent another weekend and so on... > > > > > > >