Date: Sun, 1 Jul 2012 14:52:14 +0200 From: "C. P. Ghost" <cpghost@cordula.ws> To: Attilio Rao <attilio@freebsd.org> Cc: FreeBSD FS <freebsd-fs@freebsd.org>, freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: MPSAFE VFS -- List of upcoming actions Message-ID: <CADGWnjXPtF1g1YXWEie3VAhamjj3D_MQ89Ep4zh3_6g8tGHzAA@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <CAJ-FndAJtFx_OhqzDvBSLQ5pEaX730oF8Tbyk%2BkYbz9y1KaXXA@mail.gmail.com> References: <CAJ-FndAJtFx_OhqzDvBSLQ5pEaX730oF8Tbyk%2BkYbz9y1KaXXA@mail.gmail.com>
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On Fri, Jun 29, 2012 at 10:32 PM, Attilio Rao <attilio@freebsd.org> wrote: > As already published several times, according to the following plan: > http://wiki.freebsd.org/NONMPSAFE_DEORBIT_VFS > > in 2 months the code dealing with non-MPSAFE filesystem will be > removed and filesystems not yet MPSAFE will be disconnected from the > tree. Their code will be however available in our official repository > yet for 6 months. This leaves a total time of 8 months to do actions. > > Current list of unmantained filesystems is: HPFS, NWFS, PortalFS and > XFS. Coda and SMBFS have current mantainership but the status of the > work has still to be determined. NTFS, is being worked for the Summer > of Code program. Finally, ReiserFS was successfully locked during this > campaign. Sorry if this has been discussed already, but... it's one thing to obsolete some code, it's a different thing to remove it entirely where there's no user-level replacement, especially since it would also remove the ability to access ancient media that some people may still have access to. Couldn't filesystems that are still not MP SAFE be kept in the tree in such a way that they at least provide read-only access in case of emergencies? > It is time for community members to step up and offer time and skills > to lock a filesystem or test the effort of other developers willing to > do so. I don't have the skills for that, but I'd love to see some brave soul step up to rescue PortalFS. ;-) > Thanks, > Attilio Regards, -cpghost. -- Cordula's Web. http://www.cordula.ws/
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