linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] befs: remove unused endian functions

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Message-ID: <574F3B37.5000103@osg.samsung.com>
Date:	Wed, 01 Jun 2016 20:44:55 +0100
From:	Luis de Bethencourt <luisbg@....samsung.com>
To:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
CC:	Al Viro <viro@...IV.linux.org.uk>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] befs: remove unused endian functions

On 01/06/16 20:38, Andrew Morton wrote:
> On Wed, 01 Jun 2016 20:31:04 +0100 Luis de Bethencourt <luisbg@....samsung.com> wrote:
> 
>> Do you have any suggestions of more modest projects within other file systems?
>> Something that would be a better time investment.
> 
> Nope, sorry :(.  Reading the linux-fsdevel archives might be
> worthwhile - look for unaddressed bug reports.  Also
> bugzilla.kernel.org and the various distro bugzilla archives may dredge
> out issues that remain unaddressed.
> 

I will do that, I had subscribed to that mailing list but it isn't very active.
Reading the archives is a good idea.

Thanks Andrew, appreciate your time.

Will finish reading the befs code, because it is fun :)
Maybe I will do some cleanup, to help the unmaintained file system. But you are
right that adding write support is too much.

Luis