From owner-freebsd-hackers Thu Dec 18 23:38:30 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id XAA00542 for hackers-outgoing; Thu, 18 Dec 1997 23:38:30 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers) Received: from parkplace.cet.co.jp (parkplace.cet.co.jp [202.32.64.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id XAA00537 for ; Thu, 18 Dec 1997 23:38:27 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from michaelh@cet.co.jp) Received: from localhost (michaelh@localhost) by parkplace.cet.co.jp (8.8.8/CET-v2.2) with SMTP id HAA05630; Fri, 19 Dec 1997 07:37:36 GMT Date: Fri, 19 Dec 1997 16:37:36 +0900 (JST) From: Michael Hancock To: Chris Coleman cc: Terry Lambert , Nate Williams , FreeBSD Hackers Subject: Re: Why so many steps to build new kernel? In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Thu, 18 Dec 1997, Chris Coleman wrote: > > > > > Heck, I've got 10-20 people willing to be added to the 'FS-101' > list by > > How may people would we need to round up before you would be > willing to "block out a large chunk of time" and do an 'FS-101'. I am sure > I have a handful of people over here. (me included) :-). Do I need to do > a roll call ? ;-) FS-101 should be web pages containing a design document that explains the problems with the current model and the benefits the new proposed model will provide and how. More time should be spent spent covering the architecture before any patches are committed for such a central subsystem. I want to know where I'm going before I commit time to using and testing a new FS system that can possibly corrupt my disk partitions. This is highly possible no matter how god-like the FS designer/coder is. It's a complex piece of code. Regards, Mike Hancock