Re: Reiser4 Upstream Git Repositories on GitHub

[Edward Shishkin <edward.shishkin@gmail.com>]

On 09/27/2016 04:43 AM, Ivan Shapovalov wrote:
> On 2016-09-27 at 00:37 +0200, Edward Shishkin wrote:
>> On 09/27/2016 12:05 AM, Ivan Shapovalov wrote:
>>> On 2016-09-24 at 22:16 +0200, Edward Shishkin wrote:
>>>> Hello everyone,
>>>>
>>>> I have set up the updated Namesys repositories at my Github page.
>>>> Those repositories are supposed to contain the latest updates in
>>>> the (stable) master branch and in other (experimental) branches
>>>> that
>>>> I'll announce.
>>>>
>>>> 1) https://github.com/edward6/reiser4
>>>>
>>>> This is a "standalone" reiser4 tree, which doesn't include
>>>> specific
>>>> changes of Linux kernel needed for reiser4 port. Such changes can
>>>> be
>>>> found at the project's page on Sourceforge:
>>>> https://sourceforge.net/projects/reiser4/
>>>>
>>>> An example of work with the standalone reiser4 tree:
>>>>
>>>> . Patch the respective kernel with the latest available stuff
>>>> from
>>>>      Sourceforge;
>>>> . cd to the "fs" directory;
>>>> . delete the directory reiser4;
>>>> . instead of the deleted stuff clone the standalone reiser4
>>>>      repository from Github;
>>>> . build and install as usual.
>>>>
>>>> 2) Libaal and Reiser4progs:
>>>>
>>>> https://github.com/edward6/libaal
>>>> https://github.com/edward6/reiser4progs
>>>>
>>>> Before building Libaal and Reiser4progs execute the ./prepare
>>>> script,
>>>> which will create files needed for build process.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>> Edward.
>>> Wow, finally.
>>>
>>> Maybe we could avoid that "all changes for 10 years" commit?
>> Hi Ivan,
>> Sorry, don't have a time to granulate it.
>>
>>> I tried to keep track of all patches since 3.2...
>> There will be "all changes for 6 years" commit.
>> Is it much better?
> So well, I finished splitting off all known diffs from that big commit.
> Tt was 12k(+)/8k(-), now it is 7k(+)/7k(-).
>
> The updated branch is here: https://github.com/intelfx/reiser4
> (unfortunately, not fast-forward).
>
> Moreover, my tree has accumulated quite a few differences from your
> one. I've dropped trivial discrepancies (comments, formatting etc.)
> and put the larger ones in separate branches:
>
> 1. https://github.com/intelfx/reiser4/tree/differences/enotty
>     (unsupported ioctls return -ENOTTY, not -ENOSYS)
>
> 2. https://github.com/intelfx/reiser4/tree/differences/migratepage
>     (the ->migratepage() implementation, which I still do not completely
>      understand, but it works)
>
> 3. https://github.com/intelfx/reiser4/tree/differences/renameat2
>     (renameat2(RENAME_NOREPLACE) implementation, which you haven't
>      merged somewhy)
>
> 4. https://github.com/intelfx/reiser4/tree/differences/adjust-to-3.15
>     (part of porting to 3.15 which, again, you haven't merged somewhy)
>
> These branches are on top of that granular "master".
> Anyway, please take a look.

It was definitely useful work,
I'll look at those differences..

Thanks!
Edward.