Re: [njbfs-devel] Summary of changes I'm working on

[Danish Q. <dx...@nj...>]

On Sat, 23 Feb 2002, [iso-8859-15] J=F6rg Prante wrote:

> Ben Osheroff wrote:
> > It uses an internal njbfs_fattr-based cache which is pretty nice; files=
 in
> > different directories share the same core structure.
>
> Cool.

Yes, definitely a good idea.

> > Do you want to see the code before I check it in?  Or should I just fin=
ish
> > up and check in?
>
> I would suggest just let things roll. Check in the files if they pass you=
r
> tests.

Yeah, just check them back into your branch, or even into the main branch
if you want. BTW, I never asked what distro and setup you were using for
devving this thing.


Speaking of the njb usb ops, are we confident that the old nomad driver
that Jorg built this upon, has the latest operation table from the
protocol by John Mechelas? IIRC, the protocol was revised several times
after I saw the release of the driver. We could be missing some
functionality (unless someone has updated it).

> The code must be tested, and merged with your changes, so don't expect
> things too soon. I expect system lockups will be gone then, because I sta=
rted
> to implement the interoperability between the device driver and the file
> system.

I have definitely already noticed less lockups with Ben's changes, so we
are headed in the right direction.

> You are unemployed Ben? I was lucky and found a new job. But since my new=
 job
> begins at 15 March or 1 April, I have lot of time for njbfs now.

That sux Ben, but you are in Cali right? I think there are more possible
jobs out there as compared to the East Coast (nyc area, where I am). I'll
be graduating in a couple of months, so I need to look myself. The market
seems very tight right now, but it does look like the situation will get
better (we hope). This being my last semester, I thought it would go easy,
but Murphy's Law prevails always :).

I'm going to try to do some work on njbfs this weekend. It seems like the
only free time I have is the weekend right now. I'm going to try to
organize myself in a better way.

If you don't want to checkin the changes to your branch, can you send me a
copy? I'll try to integrate an external configuration file setup with the
rest of the setup (Jorg sent me a link to a good C API for this, i'll
send a link out when I find the right email) .


Later,


- Danish