From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Oct 1 17:39:24 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AED6D1065674 for ; Mon, 1 Oct 2012 17:39:24 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from lists@eitanadler.com) Received: from mail-da0-f54.google.com (mail-da0-f54.google.com [209.85.210.54]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3D51A8FC15 for ; Mon, 1 Oct 2012 17:39:24 +0000 (UTC) Received: by dadz9 with SMTP id z9so1774397dad.13 for ; Mon, 01 Oct 2012 10:39:24 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=eitanadler.com; s=0xdeadbeef; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc:content-type; bh=FPmVw5jEvjGI71F1qafCbE7anAVjHT+fz4zPfxjUod0=; b=UI2XQr75s0YNiGmfp0cVx6TEUBYMfeppgFyXf8H5/AWhiThyjbxyfzrQxJNq8MGdHT XVo/IXD50XLu3j8tVs3i77ru9A2/Cq34mMa9YdRuztALKQnpd3TAbOAC6SE6pdGF7Xf2 FpCNf0YKwChA/lLZhIa6RMP5vxN7i3IXF6lJw= X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=google.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc:content-type:x-gm-message-state; bh=FPmVw5jEvjGI71F1qafCbE7anAVjHT+fz4zPfxjUod0=; b=eHOZMFQL34HqAi+soxvCiQ+2QgwPAGFx5CG8AIN/nJYgLfHA6f5pQHF/Nh7b8drmKy IZEFQz1G0sexfkyw1uxfhoeDnsr++keLlhOUDrJ6Y2RqZi4ZG2g1XOlhgqH4LmLsebgf 2rX6EWGO8nieSFkd50osbfnZ8Nofosw3QK+VsA/vWn1zPhm2XU+37AsDfHF2k/g9RGmu 3Vp3KNYmhPUQPHzcApUvJsKdJA3SEkAiNaSj6oigRnYZjsT/gzo6GvXAbXhoKo1Qwvjh s2pc9e5Zpwm94pxblb9yIy5cLY65AXYRQdPX/2ead8RzWaISPxIQkw6PDju7djpMZXn3 /JeQ== Received: by 10.66.77.40 with SMTP id p8mr38135566paw.78.1349113163888; Mon, 01 Oct 2012 10:39:23 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.66.190.164 with HTTP; Mon, 1 Oct 2012 10:38:53 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <5069C9FC.6020400@brandonfa.lk> References: <5069C9FC.6020400@brandonfa.lk> From: Eitan Adler Date: Mon, 1 Oct 2012 13:38:53 -0400 Message-ID: To: Brandon Falk Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Gm-Message-State: ALoCoQm4bCkAr77pmNwCgSVojY9J25FpJsg3QP+QVmc9JFyk7F1hJOWCWbgIXndkOoezhuNVFmvi Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org, Tim Kientzle Subject: Re: SMP Version of tar X-BeenThere: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Technical Discussions relating to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 01 Oct 2012 17:39:24 -0000 On 1 October 2012 12:51, Brandon Falk wrote: > I would be willing to work on a SMP version of tar (initially just gzip or > something). > > I don't have the best experience in compression, and how to multi-thread it, > but I think I would be able to learn and help out. > > Note: I would like to make this for *BSD under the BSD license. I am aware > that there are already tools to do this (under GPL), but I would really like > to see this existent in the FreeBSD base. > > Anyone interested? Tim Kientzle (cced) is the person to talk with. Try to keep questions on the mailing list with him CCed so we all learn. :) -- Eitan Adler