Hi Michael, Thanks for the feedback.
#4 should be clarified as adding a new feature package called Ext4Pkg. Not adding EXT4 to the existing AdvancedFeaturePkg. Mike > -----Original Message----- > From: Michael Kubacki <mikub...@linux.microsoft.com> > Sent: Friday, June 11, 2021 11:23 AM > To: devel@edk2.groups.io; l...@nuviainc.com; Kinney, Michael D > <michael.d.kin...@intel.com> > Cc: pedro.falc...@gmail.com > Subject: Re: [edk2-devel] GSOC 2021 EXT4 driver Project > > I had done some of the early work in moving content to > edk2-platforms/Features. Just wanted to add my support for maintaining > this as a vendor neutral feature there. > > #4 in the options list is not really what AdvancedFeaturePkg intended > for, there's more details here - > https://github.com/tianocore/edk2-platforms/tree/master/Features/Intel#AdvancedFeaturePkg. > > - Michael > > On 6/10/2021 1:54 PM, Leif Lindholm wrote: > > 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 (#76410): https://edk2.groups.io/g/devel/message/76410 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] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
