Date: Tue, 24 Sep 2002 10:57:40 -0700 From: Maxime Henrion <mux@freebsd.org> To: Paolo Pisati <p.pisati@oltrelinux.com> Cc: FreeBSD_Hackers <freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Hey, is there space for a newbie? =) Message-ID: <20020924175739.GA57622@elvis.mu.org> In-Reply-To: <20020924175642.GB87963@southcross.skynet.org> References: <20020924175642.GB87963@southcross.skynet.org>
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Paolo Pisati wrote: > Hi guys, > > as I said in the subject i'm a newbies of the kernel, but i used > FreeBSD for years, so when the time to write my final thesis > in my university arrived i immediately thought to help in some > way the FreeBSD group. > > Here there's a mini list of things i would like to work on, tell me > which one is available and fell free to add any other project you > think could help the FreeBSD community in general. > > -the kernel memory allocator: if i remember correctly FreeBSD still > uses a power-of-two algorithm, what do you think about a > buddy-list algo, slab allocator or something new? We have an MP-safe slab allocator in -CURRENT since some time now. > -a fs with journaling: some times ago, i would like to develop > my own fs with journaling, but right now i could even drop the > dream of my own fs and JUST port the xfs/jfs for FreeBSD.. Alexander Kabaev is working on a XFS port, and Hiten Pandya on a JFS port. > -kgi: is it dead or what? No idea :-). > any ideas is welcome.... =) Cheers, Maxime To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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