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From: Chris Mason <chris.mason@oracle.com>
To: Spyros Lyberis <lyberis@csd.uoc.gr>
Cc: linux-btrfs@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Way to contribute?
Date: Fri, 19 Dec 2008 11:08:13 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <1229702893.6695.14.camel@think.oraclecorp.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <loom.20081219T130706-90@post.gmane.org>

On Fri, 2008-12-19 at 13:20 +0000, Spyros Lyberis wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I heard of the btrfs development and I'd like to know how can I contribute to
> the project. My apologies if this is the wrong place to post, but I couldn't
> find any contribution-related information in the wiki or elsewhere.
> 
> I am a 30-yr old experienced hardware design engineer, who currently works as a
> software development lead for an Electronic Design Automation software startup.
> I'm experienced in straight C development (over 12 years), algorithmic
> development as well as lower level programming (e.g. I have programmed device
> registers, implemented an I2C controller for linux parallel port, built a simple
> MIDI sound card device driver for x86 Solaris back in 98, etc).
> 
> I heavily use the linux raid for almost all my workstations and servers for
> years now, and having had some bad experiences I'm very interested in the
> integrated approach that btrfs is taking.

Btrfs is a fairly complex project, and so it is best to start small.
The first thing to do is give btrfs a try and look for bugs ;)  Feel
free to ask questions here or on irc about how the code works.

Reading it is a great start, as it trying your workloads and seeing how
well it works.

-chris



      reply	other threads:[~2008-12-19 16:08 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 2+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2008-12-19 13:20 Way to contribute? Spyros Lyberis
2008-12-19 16:08 ` Chris Mason [this message]

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