[opensource] How about an FS presentation?

[Jim Dinan]

Really??  No takers?  For the uninitiated, this list/newsgroup
(opensource) is for discussion, so don't hesitate to post here.  We have
a separate low-traffic list for announcements only
(opensource-announce).  :)

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Also, ext4 is expected to merge into the mainline kernel in 2.6.25.  It
would be interesting to hear about what's new in ext4 (extents, for
example: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extent_(file_systems) ).

 ~jim.

Jim Dinan wrote:
> Hi Everybody,
> 
> In response to Peter's solicitation for presentations I'd like to
> suggest a presentation on up-and-coming file system developments in the
> open source world.  I'm pretty busy myself so I'm going to be totally
> lame and suggest this topic for someone else.  Do we have any kernel
> hackers or FS junkies who'd be interested in tackling this?
> 
> I was just reading about BTRFS on kerneltrap and it looks really
> interesting:
> 
> http://kerneltrap.org/Btrfs
> http://oss.oracle.com/projects/btrfs/
> 
> Another interesting topic would be the Linux Logical Volume Manager
> (LVM, not to be confused with LLVM -- a separate but really interesting
> topic).
> 
> Today I was reading about LatencyTop on kerneltrap which is a kernel
> patch plus userland utility for identifying the sources of kernel
> latency/overhead incurred by a running application.  Yet another great
> presentation topic!  :)
> 
> I think we still have several open slots this quarter so volunteer if
> any of this stuff sounds interesting or if you have some ideas of your
> own!  For those who haven't lead a club meeting before, we'd love to
> hear from you!  Presentations are pretty informal and we like to have
> lots of discussion.  The format is up to you: slides, demos, or just an
> open discussion.  And it's always lots of fun!
> 
> Best,
>  ~jim.
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