On Tue, Apr 20, 2010 at 8:36 PM, jvrao <jvrao@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: ... <snip> ... >> This'd be something interesting to do. I wonder if that would fit in >> the GSoC timeframe, or whether it'd be a little too short. So how long >> you'd estimate something like that would take? > > I think it would take ~3PM for someone with decent VFS/NFS knowledge. > They key is fh-to-dentry mapping. In the loose cache mode client caches > this information .. but even in this mode we can't assume that it will be cached > forever. Need protocol amendments, client/server side changes to implement > this in the no-cache mode which can be used even in the loose cache mode when > we get a cache-miss. > > Thanks, > JV I think I'd be glad to go for virtio-9p in GSoC. The roadmap is a little bit hazy for me at the moment but I think we can set the goals. I'd appreciate some pointers as to where to get more info on what to do and if there is any relevant documentation on that matter. Regards, Mohammed -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kvm" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
