From owner-freebsd-fs@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jul 24 23:13:16 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-fs@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-fs@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9829A16A4DE for ; Mon, 24 Jul 2006 23:13:16 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from fbsd-fs@mawer.org) Received: from mail-ihug.icp-qv1-irony6.iinet.net.au (ihug-mail.icp-qv1-irony6.iinet.net.au [203.59.1.224]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EB2DF43D58 for ; Mon, 24 Jul 2006 23:13:15 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from fbsd-fs@mawer.org) Received: from 203-206-173-235.perm.iinet.net.au (HELO [127.0.0.1]) ([203.206.173.235]) by mail-ihug.icp-qv1-irony6.iinet.net.au with ESMTP; 25 Jul 2006 07:13:14 +0800 X-BrightmailFiltered: true X-Brightmail-Tracker: AAAAAA== X-IronPort-AV: i="4.07,177,1151856000"; d="scan'208"; a="390036612:sNHT73992884" Message-ID: <44C55407.2090308@mawer.org> Date: Tue, 25 Jul 2006 09:13:11 +1000 From: Antony Mawer User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.4 (Windows/20060516) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-fs@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: NWFS cleanup - anyone for a bounty? X-BeenThere: freebsd-fs@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Filesystems List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 24 Jul 2006 23:13:16 -0000 Hi all, The NWFS code in FreeBSD 6.0 (and presumably 6.1) works fine in 95% of cases, but there are a few rough edges and problems that would be very nice if someone with more kernel/filesystem knowledge than myself could step up and investigate. A number of problems that have been fixed are similar to problems that have existed in the SMBFS code, and may simply need similar patches applied -- one example is this PR: http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=kern/59211 (I'm planning on testing this patch soon so it can be committed). Another unusual issue is where the "." directory in the mount point simply "vanishes", causing problems with directory enumeration: http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=kern/65920 Are those who are also using NWFS interested in sponsoring someone to look at these problems, and is anyone interested in doing the work? I'm looking at what I can do to provide a reasonable test environment to anyone interested in working remotely on this (ie. access to a Netware server and a machine with a serial console to work on)... Cheers Antony