From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Jul 1 12:52:21 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B2B64106564A for ; Sun, 1 Jul 2012 12:52:21 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from cpghost@cordula.ws) Received: from mail-vb0-f54.google.com (mail-vb0-f54.google.com [209.85.212.54]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 656BC8FC14 for ; Sun, 1 Jul 2012 12:52:21 +0000 (UTC) Received: by vbmv11 with SMTP id v11so3768286vbm.13 for ; Sun, 01 Jul 2012 05:52:14 -0700 (PDT) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=google.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:x-originating-ip:in-reply-to:references:date :message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type:x-gm-message-state; bh=R7dmhUfaFLwDzEU+V8I12kPkQK7K5hoab9yFaA5/P/s=; b=kMIstFjXURX9PriMr9eXOOkatfcZ1MiiDBO72dZ/tCjRex0Y56vr+AgQZS8Z6yUMXd y5gT+FUHjeU2wmUDHn/J0FZmMgscfXQbUzxaGtb6/EmLCyIcOrTA6WdbYII2R8rkgN56 vxzjHhXNddmkCzh/e/akh3crGhyBNb04ZE0OUaat30NE8sKk61BUU5/98CXLfPFry23n L9ik6yZiQrCA/IfbLOFDTbUUZtvDRagECs45zHc6cdtUXhYrK0D6bnujLxSwFHwApnqb fzjuiIIQSNCt6wfqaUexQ9BVhIg/y1WOuq3sdOyM2LdotssWsEMCri0jRa3Pt/PO71hB BvsA== MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.220.218.141 with SMTP id hq13mr4487656vcb.8.1341147134790; Sun, 01 Jul 2012 05:52:14 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.220.240.197 with HTTP; Sun, 1 Jul 2012 05:52:14 -0700 (PDT) X-Originating-IP: [93.221.178.61] In-Reply-To: References: Date: Sun, 1 Jul 2012 14:52:14 +0200 Message-ID: From: "C. P. Ghost" To: Attilio Rao Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Gm-Message-State: ALoCoQlBsprDT0lDDEfpX/CUZq64NG+vlFEIZm7Q/8J7fDX03zpxOZwxmFoIrdXMB3w3THPsn+bd Cc: FreeBSD FS , freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: MPSAFE VFS -- List of upcoming actions X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 01 Jul 2012 12:52:21 -0000 On Fri, Jun 29, 2012 at 10:32 PM, Attilio Rao 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/