From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: greg@kroah.com (Greg KH) Date: Sun, 20 Mar 2011 11:47:41 -0700 Subject: GSoC project idea: HFS Plus journal In-Reply-To: <87r5a190v7.fsf@elisp.net> References: <87sjum5at4.fsf@elisp.net> <20110317155331.GA12018@kroah.com> <87r5a190v7.fsf@elisp.net> Message-ID: <20110320184741.GA19375@kroah.com> To: kernelnewbies@lists.kernelnewbies.org List-Id: kernelnewbies.lists.kernelnewbies.org On Mon, Mar 21, 2011 at 02:07:40AM +0900, Naohiro Aota wrote: > Greg KH writes: > > > On Thu, Mar 17, 2011 at 06:57:27PM +0900, Naohiro Aota wrote: > >> Hi, > >> > >> I see some of you are talking about GSoC participation. I'm also > >> thinking of it. > >> > >> I have MacBookPro booting both MacOSX and Linux. Now Linux can write the > >> filesystem safely only when HFS Plus journal is off. My life would be > >> more better if Linux have complete HFS Plus filesystem read/write > >> support. > >> > >> So I'm thinking of implementing HFS Plus Journal support on Linux. I've > >> searched and found a technote about HFS Plus format describe its Journal > >> [1]. > >> > >> How do you think about it? > > > > Looks like a nice self-contained, project proposal, good luck! > > Thanks. I need someone to mentor me :) How can I find him/her? Maybe I > should post developing mailing list. But I don't find HFS+ developing > list :( You need to propose projects for GSoC, the mentor matching comes afterward. Please go read the procedures for how the program works. best of luck, greg k-h