edk2-platforms/Features/Ext4Pkg sounds good to me too. / Leif
On Thu, Jun 10, 2021 at 17:38:17 +0000, Michael D Kinney wrote: > Hi Pedro, > > After thinking about this, I think I would prefer Option (4). > > The proposed landing zone would be a new Ext4Pkg in the edk2-platforms > repository in the Features directory. > > edk2-platforms/Features/Intel/Ext4Pkg > > All the features in that directory and not specific to Intel. There are > other email discussions about moving some of that content up a level, so an > alternative path would be: > > edk2-platforms/Features/Ext4Pkg > > Best regards, > > Mike > > > From: devel@edk2.groups.io <devel@edk2.groups.io> On Behalf Of Pedro Falcato > Sent: Monday, May 24, 2021 12:27 PM > To: devel@edk2.groups.io > Subject: [edk2-devel] GSOC 2021 EXT4 driver Project > > Hi everyone, > > Me and my project have been selected for GSoC this year, under Michael Kinney > and bret. Thank you for the opportunity to collaborate with you and improve > Tianocore! > If anyone has any questions, please fire away :) > How do I get started? I'd like to find some easier tasks as to start trying > out patch submission and generally programming in a firmware environment. > Also, I've been talking with my mentors and a relevant question to ask the > mailing list is: Where should we put the EXT4 driver? > Michael said there are other filesystems in MdeModulePkg, but it might be > getting too big and proposed the following options: > > 1) EXT4 in new package in edk2 repo as a peer to FatPkg. > 2) EXT4 in edk2 repo in MdeModulePkg > 3) EXT4 in edk2-platforms advanced feature package. > 4) EXT4 in edk2 advanced feature package > > As someone that's still learning how to navigate the project's tree(s), this > is a bit over my head and so I'd like your opinion on the matter. > Also, I would love if someone could point me to some good reading material > and/or examples of the package/build system, as I couldn't find documentation > on those > and my previous experiment with Tianocore involved looking at FatPkg and > mindlessly copying what it was doing. > > Thanks, > > Pedro > > > > > > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#76336): https://edk2.groups.io/g/devel/message/76336 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/83060185/21656 Group Owner: devel+ow...@edk2.groups.io Unsubscribe: https://edk2.groups.io/g/devel/unsub [arch...@mail-archive.com] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-