On 8 September 2011 10:10, Kent Overstreet <kent.overstreet@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Thu, Sep 08, 2011 at 09:56:12AM +0100, Damien Churchill wrote: >> On 8 September 2011 09:49, Kent Overstreet <kent.overstreet@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> > I just finished updating both the bcache (off 2.6.34) and the >> > bcache-3.1 branches with the latest stable code. >> > >> > Also got cgit set up and working, finally. Need to stick a link in the >> > wiki to it.. >> > >> > http://evilpiepirate.org/git >> > >> > I still haven't figured out how to pack a git repository so cloning it >> > doesn't take > 80% of my linode's ram, but cloning works for me so I'm >> > done screwing with it for now. >> > >> >> I was able to make a clone by cloning Linus' repository on github, >> then adding your repository as a remote then fetching, in case that >> helps anyone. > > Yeah, that's one way around that issue. I really should just flip on > cloning over http... git's memory consumption is kind of infuriating. > I have to say I haven't really encountered memory issues with it when hosting, but then I haven't tried hosting anything as large as the kernel. >> > The bcache branch compiles but hasn't been tested. I don't expect any >> > issues though, it's pretty close to what I normally develop/test on. >> > >> > The bcache-3.1 branch still doesn't quite compile, but it's pretty >> > close - I'm try and get a working version pushed tomorrow, I did boot >> > a linux 3.1 + bcache kernel at one point... >> > >> >> I made a patch using the bcache-3.1 branch that does apply to the 3.0 >> tree as well FYI. Haven't attempted to compile it yet but will do in a >> bit, see what happens. Do you need to set CONFIG_BCACHE=y in the >> kernel config? > > I think the block layer's been fairly quiet since ~2.6.39 or .38, the > patches in the bcache-3.1 tree should move back that far without any > issues. But it won't compile on any of them just yet.. I think the stuff > that's left is trivial but it's late and I have to be up too early. > > And yeah, you'll need CONFIG_BCACHE. > Well I shall look forward to what patches tomorrow brings in that case. Thanks a lot! -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-bcache" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
