From owner-freebsd-geom@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jan 30 17:32:03 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-geom@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DF04310656BE for ; Fri, 30 Jan 2009 17:32:03 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ulf.lilleengen@gmail.com) Received: from bene2.itea.ntnu.no (bene2.itea.ntnu.no [IPv6:2001:700:300:3::57]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3012E8FC13 for ; Fri, 30 Jan 2009 17:32:03 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ulf.lilleengen@gmail.com) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by bene2.itea.ntnu.no (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6201E90005; Fri, 30 Jan 2009 18:32:01 +0100 (CET) Received: from carrot (unknown [IPv6:2001:700:300:3::184]) by bene2.itea.ntnu.no (Postfix) with ESMTP id B80BA90007; Fri, 30 Jan 2009 18:32:00 +0100 (CET) Date: Fri, 30 Jan 2009 18:32:32 +0000 From: Ulf Lilleengen To: Jason Hitt Message-ID: <20090130183232.GA1275@carrot.BalPol.Local> References: <497FD9B9.3000106@illumasys.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <497FD9B9.3000106@illumasys.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.18 (2008-05-17) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at bene2.itea.ntnu.no Cc: freebsd-geom@freebsd.org Subject: Re: graid5 patch X-BeenThere: freebsd-geom@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: GEOM-specific discussions and implementations List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 30 Jan 2009 17:32:04 -0000 On Tue, Jan 27, 2009 at 10:06:17PM -0600, Jason Hitt wrote: > I'm working on replacing my aging fileserver and have set my sights on > using graid5 (based on my past usage of the system). Unfortunately, i'm > coming up quite short in terms of actually finding this module, even as > a patch! > > My questions: > 1) Can someone post a link to the existing source (preferably all > three versions, "classic", "TNG", and "PP") > 2) Does this project have any sort of real project structure to it, > with release cycles and/or dedicated developers? > 3) If the answer to 2 is "yes", is there any timeline for it to be > added to the official source tree? > > Regarding 2 and 3 - if there is not an official project for this, would > anyone else be interested in helping me set one up? I don't have a > massive amount of free time, but i am a developer and have a vested > interest in seeing the project succeed, so i would be more than willing > to at least set up a more official project page for this critical module > and help maintain the codebase. > I started on some initial work on integration in a perforce branch a month ago, but it's not very prioritized atm :) Basically, I want to look over the code and make some things simpler where possible and make the code as readable as possible for others. I hope to bring it into a subversion branch eventually, but people who would like to help are welcome :) -- Ulf Lilleengen