Hi, On Tue, 2020-01-28 at 19:46 +0100, Hans de Goede wrote: > Hi, > > On 28-01-2020 18:53, Sérgio Basto wrote: > > On Wed, 2019-11-13 at 08:44 +0100, Hans de Goede wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > > > On 13-11-2019 03:08, Justin Forbes wrote: > > > > On Tue, Nov 12, 2019 at 12:44 PM Jeremy Cline < > > > > jeremy@xxxxxxxxxx> > > > > wrote: > > > > > On Tue, Nov 12, 2019 at 11:57:35AM +0000, Peter Robinson > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > On Tue, Nov 12, 2019 at 11:40 AM Hans de Goede < > > > > > > hdegoede@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > > > > Hi all, > > > > > > > > > > > > > > So vboxsf has finally landed upstream. I gave up getting > > > > > > > it > > > > > > > merged > > > > > > > directly under fs/vboxsf since despite some fs-devel > > > > > > > folks > > > > > > > saying > > > > > > > that it was as good as it is going to get (given the > > > > > > > limitations > > > > > > > of the API exposed by the host) it seems that the fs > > > > > > > subsys > > > > > > > maintainers > > > > > > > did not have the time to take a look at it. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > So I've send it to GKH for merging under drivers/staging > > > > > > > instead > > > > > > > and somewhat to my surprise (not complaining) he send it > > > > > > > in > > > > > > > for > > > > > > > this cycle. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Since this upstream now; and despite being in staging has > > > > > > > alread seen > > > > > > > multiple reviews, I would like to get this enabled for > > > > > > > the > > > > > > > Fedora 5.4 > > > > > > > kernels so that shared-folders will just work for users > > > > > > > running Fedora > > > > > > > as a VirtualBox guest. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > So unless there are any objections I'm going to flip the > > > > > > > configs/fedora/generic/CONFIG_VBOXSF_FS file to m and > > > > > > > enable > > > > > > > this in rawhide > > > > > > > soon. > > > > > > > > > > > > Apart from the fact it's already been enabled by Jeremy? :- > > > > > > P > > > > > > > > > > > > https://src.fedoraproject.org/rpms/kernel/c/2147ca93975deaf220619e9096e0b84d879febc9?branch=master > > > > > > > > > > I guess you can put me in the "no objections" camp. > > > > > > > > Well, it was fun while it lasted. It was just pulled by Linus. > > > > I am > > > > guessing 5.5 now. > > > > > > Yes I was about to say the same thing... <sigh> > > > > Any news ? is for 5.5 ? or not ? > > It has been excepted directly under fs/vboxsf by Al Viro now and it > is in -next > as such, see e.g.: > > https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/next/linux-next.git/log/fs/Kconfig > > It is not entirely clear to me if it will make it into 5.6 or if this > is > 5.7 stuff, definitely not 5.5. > > But since this is completely isolated code, we can easily drop it > into > the Fedora 5.5 kernels once it is upstream, assuming it makes 5.6-rc1 > and assuming that the Fedora kernel maintainers are ok with carying > at > as a (single patch) downstream patch for 1 kernel cycle. > > I'm not sure which kernel Fedora 32 will target, assuming it will > target > 5.6 (which seems likely) then for the OOTB livecd experience there is > little to gain from adding the patch to the Fedora 5.5 kernels, OTOH > for people installing F31, this will enable shared folder > functionality > by just doing a "dnf update" which would be nice. > > Sérgio, do you have a preference whether we should backport to 5.5 or > not ? For me the sooner the better. Thanks. > Regards, > > Hans > _______________________________________________ > kernel mailing list -- kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe send an email to kernel-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Fedora Code of Conduct: > https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ > List Guidelines: > https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines > List Archives: > https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx -- Sérgio M. B. _______________________________________________ kernel mailing list -- kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to kernel-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
