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From: ben.hutchings@codethink.co.uk (Ben Hutchings)
Date: Wed, 31 May 2017 11:17:29 +0100
Subject: [cip-dev] Kernel feature support - filesystems and networking
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On Mon, 2017-05-29 at 04:58 +0100, Agustin Benito Bethencourt wrote:
> Hi Ben,
> 
> On 29/05/17 03:40, ???? / KOGUCHI?TAKUO wrote:
> > Hi Ben,
> >
> > Thanks for your efforts.
> >
> >> - overlayfs (CONFIG_OVERLAY_FS)
>  >>   - I found many apparently important bug fixes in later kernel
>      versions that have not been backported
> 
> Is there a technical reason for these patches not being backported or is 
> it simply that never was requested/needed before?

I don't know yet.  I will ask upstream.

> > OVERLAY_FS is one of the features Hitachi wants to use.
> > I hope you look into this further and I would like to know if other members also want it.
> 
> Based on this request, is it possible for you to estimate the effort to 
> do this?

Not yet, but I will try to get an idea of how large a change is needed.

Ben.

> @Takuo is there a kernel developer from Hitachi that would be willing to 
> work under Ben's supervision/review in backporting these patches?

-- 
Ben Hutchings
Software Developer, Codethink Ltd.


-- 
Ben Hutchings
Software Developer, Codethink Ltd.