[OpenAFS] OpenAFS on Linux 2.5.x

[Derek Atkins]

Derrick J Brashear <shadow@dementia.org> writes:

> > Why not just work with them if we want openafs included ?
> 
> No argument there, but they declared feature freeze, meaning in theory
> that nothing gets to be done until after 2.6, because what we need would
> be a "feature"

I think you're over-estimating how frozen the code is since "feature
freeze".  I was able to get my NAT Traversal code added a couple weeks
ago.  The "freeze" is for _MAJOR_ changes.  I don't think this is a
major change, so I think it could get added.

Which kernel developers were you working with?  Have you tried working
with other developers?  Have they told you specifically that they wont
accept your patches now?

> I sent a patch. It:

To whom?  What was their response?  If it blackholed, did you follow
up with them?

> > Then you USUALY will get it included. Especialy if you make it a
> > compile time option.
> 
> Ok then. So, I played and lost. Do you have a suggestion that works?

Usually it just requires being persistent.  I did have to re-write my
NAT Traversal patch three times before it was accepted....  But it was
eventually accepted and it's now in Linus' tree.

-derek

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