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From: agustin.benito@codethink.co.uk (Agustin Benito Bethencourt)
Date: Mon, 29 May 2017 04:58:30 +0100
Subject: [cip-dev] Kernel feature support - filesystems and networking
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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?

> 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?

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

Best Regards

-- 
Agustin Benito Bethencourt
Principal Consultant - FOSS at Codethink
agustin.benito at codethink.co.uk