From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Mar 16 16:59:57 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 698A8106566B; Mon, 16 Mar 2009 16:59:57 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from lulf@FreeBSD.org) Received: from bene1.itea.ntnu.no (bene1.itea.ntnu.no [IPv6:2001:700:300:3::56]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2140D8FC25; Mon, 16 Mar 2009 16:59:57 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from lulf@FreeBSD.org) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by bene1.itea.ntnu.no (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4C06B16C73E; Mon, 16 Mar 2009 17:59:56 +0100 (CET) Received: from carrot (unknown [IPv6:2001:700:300:3::184]) by bene1.itea.ntnu.no (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0828E16C7B2; Mon, 16 Mar 2009 17:59:53 +0100 (CET) Date: Mon, 16 Mar 2009 16:59:57 +0100 From: Ulf Lilleengen To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20090316155957.GA2385@carrot> References: <20090316155800.GA2257@carrot> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20090316155800.GA2257@carrot> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.19 (2009-01-05) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at bene1.itea.ntnu.no Cc: freebsd-geom@freebsd.org, freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [HEADS UP] Merge of projects/gvinum to head 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: Mon, 16 Mar 2009 16:59:58 -0000 On man, mar 16, 2009 at 04:58:00pm +0100, Ulf Lilleengen wrote: > Hello, > > This is a heads-up for a merge of gvinum project code into HEAD. This means > that gvinum implementation will be changed some. The code is based on the > work done by Lukas Ertl as well as the work I did before/during Google SoC > 2007 and afterwards. It has been staying in p4 for some time, and then moved > to the subversion project repository not long ago. The main reason for the > delay of getting this into HEAD have been the lack of reviewers of the code, > but after some discussion and help from testers, I've decided this is a good > time to get it in (should perhaps have been merged a bit earlier) Testers > have spotted several differences from the original gvinum, and I've tried to > make it behave as the old implementation wherever that seemed the best way to > go. Luckily, the work has gotten a bit of attention lately, thanks to Rick C. > Petty for helping out with testing and bugfixing, as well as all others who > have dared to run the new gvinum. So, what does this update offer? And I plan on importing it within 1-2 weeks :) -- Ulf Lilleengen