On Fri, 2008-12-19 at 13:20 +0000, Spyros Lyberis wrote: > Hi, > > I heard of the btrfs development and I'd like to know how can I contribute to > the project. My apologies if this is the wrong place to post, but I couldn't > find any contribution-related information in the wiki or elsewhere. > > I am a 30-yr old experienced hardware design engineer, who currently works as a > software development lead for an Electronic Design Automation software startup. > I'm experienced in straight C development (over 12 years), algorithmic > development as well as lower level programming (e.g. I have programmed device > registers, implemented an I2C controller for linux parallel port, built a simple > MIDI sound card device driver for x86 Solaris back in 98, etc). > > I heavily use the linux raid for almost all my workstations and servers for > years now, and having had some bad experiences I'm very interested in the > integrated approach that btrfs is taking. Btrfs is a fairly complex project, and so it is best to start small. The first thing to do is give btrfs a try and look for bugs ;) Feel free to ask questions here or on irc about how the code works. Reading it is a great start, as it trying your workloads and seeing how well it works. -chris -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-btrfs" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
