[OpenAFS-devel] Re: [GSoC 2010] Userspace NFS->AFS translator

[Mohammed Gamal]

On Wed, Apr 14, 2010 at 6:44 PM, Mohammed Gamal <m.gamal005@gmail.com> wrot=
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> Hello Everyone,
> I am interested in the Userspace NFS->AFS translator project. I have
> already submitted a proposal and receive some feedback from Jeffrey
> Hutzelman, who has encouraged me to post it here to the list.
>
> The basic idea of the project is to have the translator to include an
> NFS server and AFS client implementations and a translation service
> that handles mapping the procedure calls from NFS clients to the AFS
> client. For the NFS server we can use an existing implementation or
> implement one from scratch, although I'd lean towards the first
> solution, and I wonder what your thoughts would be on using something
> like .uNFS for that purpose. In addition, the Solaris kernel
> implementation can be used as a reference for the userspace
> implementation.
>
> I envision that the project will be divided into two major phases, and
> I proposed the following timeline:
>
> 1- Acceptance-Midterm evaluation period:
>
> This phase concentrates on the NFS server implementation side of the
> translator. The deliverables of this phase should be a working NFS
> server implementation as well as possibly a skeleton or prototype for
> the AFS client. This phase can be subdivided as follows:
>
> =A0 - Community Bonding Period: Get involved with the community.
> Familiarize myself with OpenAFS and libuafs usage and codebase. Read
> documentation. Evaluate available user-level NFS implementations for
> future usage.
>
> =A0 - May 26th - June 15th: Start developing or porting NFS server
> implementation. Come up with initial design of the translator's client
> side.
>
> =A0 - June 15th - June 30th: Exams break
>
> =A0 - July 1st - July 14th: Finish NFS server implementation. Have a
> translator and AFS client side prototype ready. Test all the work
> done.
>
> 2- Mid-term till Final evaluation:
>
> This phase includes further improvements for the NFS implementation
> depending on community feedback. As well as completing the
> implementation of the translation and the AFS client.
>
> =A0 - July 16th - Aug 9th: Implement the translation mappings between
> NFS requests and AFS requests. Develop AFS client to deliver AFS
> requests to AFS servers.
>
> =A0 - Aug 9th - End of program: Fix outstanding issues, write
> integration tests, make sure all is good.
>
> Needless to say, community feedback will be crucial at driving the
> pace and the goals at which the project proceeds, and therefore during
> all the phases of this project I am willing to submit patches for
> public review, hear feedback from the community and take it into
> consideration.
>
> Best Regards,
> Mohammed
>

In case you're curious, the application's page is at
http://socghop.appspot.com/gsoc/student_proposal/private/google/gsoc2010/mg=
amal/t126995145144
. Your comments will be appreciated.

Regards,
Mohammed