Date: Sat, 10 Jan 2004 16:54:57 -0700 From: Scott Long <scottl@freebsd.org> To: current@freebsd.org, hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Future of RAIDFrame Message-ID: <400090D1.8050701@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <40007D14.6090205@freebsd.org> References: <40007D14.6090205@freebsd.org>
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Scott Long wrote: > All, > > I started RAIDframe three years ago with the hope of bringing a proven > and extensible RAID stack to FreeBSD. Unfortunately, while it was made > to work pretty well on 4.x, it has never been viable on 5.x; it never > survived the introduction of GEOM and removal of the old disk layer. > I'm coming to the conclusion that I really don't have the time to work > on it in my spare time. Also, I've seen next to zero interest in it > from others, except for the occasional reminder that it doesn't work. > > I still believe in it, and I still believe that it can be integrated > into GEOM and become the all-singing-all-dancing raid engine for the > OS. It will probably never be an LVM stack, but I've also always > believed that LVM and RAID are related but separate layers. It can > certainly build upon whatever LVM layer appears in GEOM. All it needs > is one or two other people to share some of the work and testing > with me. > > I have a Work-In-Progress for converting and integrating it into GEOM > on my home Perforce server. It hasn't been touched in several months > and I really don't see myself being able to finish alone it in the near > future. Since it's been hanging over my head for so long, I'm very, > very close to just removing it and moving on. If anyone has the > interest AND time available to help out with keeping it, please let > me know ASAP. > > Scott > I totally forgot that I imported a snapshot of my RF/GEOM changes into the Perforce server on repoman.freebsd.org back in October. It unfortunately doesn't have a full change history, but it should be enough to see where I was heading. For those without direct Perforce access, you can view the diffs here: http://perforce.freebsd.org/chv.cgi?ignore=View+change%3A&CH=40812 Those with Perforce access should look at the 'scottl-rf' branch. Scott
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