Way to contribute?

Way to contribute?

[Spyros Lyberis]

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.



Regards,
Spyros Lyberis

Re: Way to contribute?

[Chris Mason]

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