Hans, you've said that these kinds of plugins should be something a weekend warrior could tackle. Our group had a real stab and dumped hundreds of man hours into the project with little effect. Admittedly, we were not experienced kernel hackers, but we were all comfortable in low-level C and quite happy to read source.
I request that a simple plugin be maintained as a standalone patch to Reiser4. Ideally, there would be a small set of these plugins demonstrating how to create a new plugin which operates within the existing disk structure, and one that extends the on-disk format in a safe way. This would allow interested parties to see in isolation what a Reiser4 plugin looks like and would further provide a conceptual grappling point for the development of a new plugin. I have been getting requests for just such a plugin to be added to my reiser4 developer's wiki (http://pvh.ca/trac/wiki/reiser4) at a rate of about one every two months. A few successful third-party plugins would hopefully increase interest in this. I realise you and your team are up to your necks in serious work on hardcore lowlevel material, but I believe a brief diversion of some of your resources would provide a significant reward. Right now, the cost-of-entry appears to be set too high for developers outside your team to approach the project. If this information is already out there somewhere, great. I will integrate it in the R4DevWiki and answer questions as best I can. If anyone out there disagrees with me about the current difficulty of producing even a simple plugin, let them prove me wrong with a patch. -pvh -- Peter van Hardenberg ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Victoria, BC, Canada
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