Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2007 15:19:46 +0200 (CEST) From: Oliver Fromme <olli@lurza.secnetix.de> To: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG, peterjeremy@optushome.com.au, dennis.melentyev@gmail.com Subject: Re: removing external usb hdd without unmounting causes reboot? Message-ID: <200707301319.l6UDJkAH068637@lurza.secnetix.de> In-Reply-To: <20070727231905.GJ1152@turion.vk2pj.dyndns.org>
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Peter Jeremy wrote: > Dennis Melentyev wrote: > > Is there any correct way to initiate funding to rewrite VM/VFS related > > parts (getting non-panicable removable devices)? Who should one > > contact for this? > > I would suggest that the first step is finding someone (or a few > people) with the necessary skills who is/are willing to work on the > problem. Offering funding may increase the potential pool but will > not automatically solve the skills/knowledge issue. By the way, the problem apparently has been solved in DragonFly BSD (i.e. DF BSD does not panic when a mounted FS is physically removed). Maybe it is worth to have a look at what they did to fix it, and possibly port it over to FreeBSD. On the other hand, the internal data structures of the VM subsystem have diverged quite a lot from FreeBSD, so I don't know if it would really help. (No, I'm not volunteering; lack of time and interest.) Best regards Oliver -- Oliver Fromme, secnetix GmbH & Co. KG, Marktplatz 29, 85567 Grafing b. M. Handelsregister: Registergericht Muenchen, HRA 74606, Geschäftsfuehrung: secnetix Verwaltungsgesellsch. mbH, Handelsregister: Registergericht Mün- chen, HRB 125758, Geschäftsführer: Maik Bachmann, Olaf Erb, Ralf Gebhart FreeBSD-Dienstleistungen, -Produkte und mehr: http://www.secnetix.de/bsd Perl is worse than Python because people wanted it worse. -- Larry Wall
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